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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Pithecheir
SPECIES Pithecheir melanurus
| Author: | Lesson, 1840. | | Citation: | Species des Mammifères: 265. | | Common Name: | Javan Pithecheir | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Java (Bengal or Sumatra have also been proposed as type localities; see Corbet and Hill, 1992, for history and restriction to Java). | | Distribution: | Java only (see Musser, 1982d:76). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Represented by few specimens collected before World War II. Bartels’ (1937) observations on habitat and habits remain the most complete report of this Javan endemic, which is a member of the suite of murine rodents unique to Java (Musser, 1986; see account of Kadarsanomys sodyi). |
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