Pithecheir
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Pithecheir Temporal range: Recent
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Genus: | Pithecheir Lesson, 1840
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Pithecheir is a genus of rodent in the Muridae family. It contains the following species:
- Red Tree Rat (Pithecheir melanurus)
- Malayan Tree Rat (Pithecheir parvus)
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.