Biology:Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse
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Short description: Species of rodent
Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Chiropodomys |
Species: | C. karlkoopmani
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Binomial name | |
Chiropodomys karlkoopmani Musser, 1979
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Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys karlkoopmani) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Pagai and Siberut islands in the Mentawai Islands, off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia.[1][2] Its natural habitat is tropical primary lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss (logging).[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lunde, D.; Ruedas, L.; Musser, G. (2008). "Chiropodomys karlkoopmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T4681A11082863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T4681A11082863.en.
- ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001278.
Wikidata ☰ Q306645 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse.
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