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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358456Original 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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