Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Chiropodomys gliroides
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassMammalia (Mammals)
- OrderRodentia (Rodents)
- FamilyMuridae (Old World Mice and Rats)
- GenusChiropodomys (Pencil-tailed Tree Mice)
- SpeciesChiropodomys gliroides (Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse)
About the Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
The Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse or simply pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in northeastern India, southern China (including Hainan), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, and Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, the Mentawai Islands, and some other islands). This locally abundant but patchily distributed species occurs in primary and secondary forests, without affinity to particular forest types. It can suffer from deforestation and is sometimes harvested for consumption.
Like all members of the genus Chiropodomys, it builds its nest between stalks of bamboo. It does this by constructing a bundle of leaves and branches between the two stalks, then gnawing through part of the bamboo stalks so that they may enter into the nest. The mice are sociable in nature, and may share their nests with other mice. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Taman Negara National Park
Prevost's Squirrel
Callosciurus prevostii
Black Giant Squirrel
Ratufa bicolor
Plantain Squirrel
Callosciurus notatus
Three-striped Ground Squirrel
Lariscus insignis
Slender Squirrel
Sundasciurus tenuis
Black-striped Squirrel
Callosciurus nigrovittatus
Red Giant Flying Squirrel
Petaurista petaurista
Malayan Porcupine
Hystrix brachyura
Horse-tailed Squirrel
Sundasciurus hippurus
Pale Giant Squirrel
Ratufa affinis
Shrew-faced Squirrel
Rhinosciurus laticaudatus
Large Bamboo Rat
Rhizomys sumatrensis
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |