Rat-like Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Rats, Mice & Porcupines

Chiropodomys muroides

Basic stats

Diet

Fruit, seeds, insects (presumed, typical for the genus)

Habitat

Lowland and hill forest

Range

Endemic to Borneo

Litter size

Poorly documented (typical for the genus)

Gestation period

Unrecorded in the wild

Size

Small-medium (head-body ~9–10cm)

Weight

~25–35g

A larger, more heavily built pencil-tailed tree mouse with a less delicate, more rat-like appearance than its smaller relatives, endemic to Borneo.

Nocturnal and arboreal, presumed to share the genus's fruit, seed and insect diet. One of the least documented members of a poorly studied genus.

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