Bornean pithecheirops

The Bornean pithecheirops (Pithecheirops otion), also called Emmons's tree rat, is a rodent known from Borneo and the only species in the genus Pithecheirops. The genus name combines Pithecheir, the genus it most resembles, with the Greek ops, meaning resembling. The only known specimen was caught at about 150 metres in the Danum Valley Field Centre in Sabah, in dense viny secondary brush beside an abandoned logging road in an area of lowland dipterocarp forest. Like Pithecheir it has long, dense, soft fur and broad feet, and it is told apart mainly by the form of the inner ear bones and the auditory bulla. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists it as data deficient, since there is no information on its population or range, and it may be intolerant of logging, perhaps preferring primary forest.