Red Tree Rat | |
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Information | |
Range | Indonesia |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Mammalia |
Order | Rodentia |
Family | Muridae |
Genus | Pithecheir |
Species | Pithecheir melanurus |
Conservation Status | |
Vulnerable |
The Red tree rat (Pithecheir melanurus), is a species of monkey-footed rat in the family Muridae. It is found only in Java, Indonesia.
The information about these animals was found from a handful of specimens before World War II.