Pencil-tailed tree mouse
| Pencil-tailed tree mice | |
|---|---|
| Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse in Thailand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Chiropodomys Peters, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Mus gliroides | |
| Species | |
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Chiropodomys calamianensis | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Insulaemus Taylor, 1934 | |
Chiropodomys (or pencil-tailed tree mice) is a genus of Old World rats and mice native to Southeast Asia and northeast India. They are tree-dwelling, very small mice, mostly found in tropical rainforest. In total six extant species have been identified, but only one of these, Chiropodomys gliroides, is common and widely distributed, and has been extensively studied.