Pithecheir melanurus

Lesson, 1840

Red Tree Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Millardini
Genus : Pithecheir

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lesson, R.P. 1840. Species des mammifères bimanes et quadrumanes; suivi d'un mémoire sur les Oryctéropes. J.-B. Baillière, Paris, 292 pp.

Original name as described

Pithecheir melanurus

Other common names

Javan Pithecheir

Type locality

"l'île de Sumatra ou le Bengale." Restricted by G. B. Corbet and J. E. Hill in 1992 to Java, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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