Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse

The Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys calamianensis) is a small arboreal rodent in the family Muridae, the large family of true mice and rats within the order Rodentia. It is endemic to the Palawan Faunal Region of the Philippines, a grouping of islands in the western part of the archipelago, and has been recorded on Balabac, Busuanga, Palawan, Dumaran and Calauit. The cited article describes it as known from lowland forest near sea level, from coconut groves and from bamboo thickets, so it is not confined to undisturbed forest. Beyond its range, habitat, tree-dwelling habit and family placement, the source gives little further detail, so diet, size and conservation status are left open here rather than guessed.