The Malayan tree rat (Pithecheir parvus) is a rodent in the family Muridae that is found only in Malaysia. The Mammal Diversity Database lists several other common names for it, including Malayan woolly rat, Malay woolly tree rat and monkey-footed rat, and gives its genus Pithecheir no tribe within the family, marking the tribe as incertae sedis. It was described by Kloss in 1916 from a specimen collected near Kuala Kubu at Bukit Kutu in Selangor, on the Malay Peninsula. The database also notes that the ending of the species name was changed from parvus to parva to agree with the gender of the genus, and it records the species as living but not yet evaluated for the IUCN Red List.
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Source Malayan tree rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range malaysiaQuote, Lead, range malaysia
It is found only in Malaysia.
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View the Source Malayan tree rat (Wikipedia)
Lead, range malaysia
It is found only in Malaysia.
In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Lead, rodent group
is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Lead, family
is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
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