Pencil-tailed tree mouse

The brush -tailed tree mice ( Chiropodomys ) are a rodent species from the group of Altweltmäuse ( Murinae ) living in Southeast Asia.

General

There are tree-dwelling, very small mice who live mostly in tropical rain forests. They have a body length 7-12 cm, added 9-17 inches tail. They are colored gray or brown on the upper side and lower side white. The tail is hairy only sparse, but a little stronger, so that the eponymous impression of a brush is created at the top.

The real brush -tailed tree mouse is the best researched Art It is particularly common in bamboo forests. At night, she is active, she sleeps through the day in a nest in the bamboo, which is lined with leaves. The diet is exclusively vegetable.

System

According to Wilson & Reeder (2005 ), the dwarf tree mice of the Micromys group within the Altweltmäuse.

A total of six types are known, but only one of which is commonly and widely used:

• The brush -tailed tree mouse ( Chiropodomys gliroides ) comes from southeastern China on the mainland of Southeast Asia to Java and Bali before.
• Chiropodomys major to Borneo.
• Chiropodomys muroides also occurs on Borneo.
• Chiropodomys pusillus is also native to Borneo.
• Chiropodomys karlkoopmani inhabits located off the southern coast of Sumatra Mentawai Islands.
• Chiropodomys calamianensis lives on the Philippine island of Palawan and neighboring islands.

The IUCN lists C. karlkoopmani as " critically endangered " ( endangered ), C. gliroides is " not at risk " ( least concern ). For the remaining four species, there are too few actionable data.