The large pencil-tailed tree mouse, also called the greater pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys major), is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Muridae, meaning it lives mainly in trees. It is endemic to the island of Borneo, where it is known only from Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia, although it is likely to occur in Indonesian Kalimantan as well. The Mammal Diversity Database places it in the Indomalayan realm and also lists the name large Sunda tree mouse. O. Thomas described it in 1893 in a paper on new Bornean mammals, from a specimen collected at Sadong in Sarawak. The IUCN Red List status recorded by the database is Least Concern.
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It is endemic to Borneo where it is only known from Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia), although it is likely to also occur in Kalimantan.
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It is endemic to Borneo where it is only known from Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia), although it is likely to also occur in Kalimantan.
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