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--> GENUS Chiropodomys
SPECIES Chiropodomys major
Author: | Thomas, 1893. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 11: 344. | Common Name: | Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse | Type Locality: | Malaysia (Borneo), Sarawak, Sadong. | Distribution: | Borneo: recorded only from Sarawak and Sabah (Musser, 1979), but probably also occurs in Kalimantan; found between 900 and 1500 m on Mt Kinabalu in Sabah (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Md Nor, 2001). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Most closely related to C. calamianensis in morphology and geography. Member of a group of murines endemic to Borneo that includes Chiropodomys muroides, C. pusillus, Haeromys margaretae, Maxomys alticola, M. baeodon, M. ochraceiventer, Niviventer rapit, Pithecheirops otion, and Rattus baluensis. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
legatus Thomas, 1911 pictor Thomas, 1911
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