Koopman's Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Chiropodomys karlkoopmani

Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Chiropodomys
IUCN status: VU
Distribution: Indonesia
Realm: Indomalaya

About this species

Habitat: Tropical primary lowland forest
Range: Endemic to Pagai and Siberut, Mentawai Islands (off western Sumatra)

Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse is an arboreal rodent in the family Muridae, endemic to Pagai and Siberut in the Mentawai Islands off the western coast of Sumatra. Its natural habitat is tropical primary lowland forest, and it is threatened by habitat loss through logging (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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