Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Chiropodomys gliroides
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse in 1 country or territory across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains.

Vietnam

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse endangered?

The Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse?

The Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Chiropodomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse

The Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse or simply pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in northeastern India, southern China (including Hainan), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, and Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, the Mentawai Islands, and some other islands). This locally abundant but patchily distributed species occurs in primary and secondary forests, without affinity to particular forest types. It can suffer from deforestation and is sometimes harvested for consumption.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (revision 1353432067), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1763066 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).