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Chiropodomys major
Basic stats
Diet
Fruit, seeds, insects (presumed, typical for the genus)
Habitat
Montane forest
Range
Endemic to Borneo (mountains)
Litter size
Poorly documented (typical for the genus)
Gestation period
Unrecorded in the wild
Size
Largest pencil-tailed tree mouse (head-body ~10cm)
Weight
~30–40g
The largest of Borneo's pencil-tailed tree mice, restricted to montane forest and otherwise similar in build and habits to its smaller lowland relatives.
Nocturnal and arboreal, presumably feeding on fruit, seeds and insects in the manner typical of the genus; poorly documented compared with the more widespread common pencil-tailed tree mouse.
