Koopman's Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Chiropodomys karlkoopmani Musser, 1979
Also calledKoopman-Pinselschwanz-Baummaus (deu) · Souris-a-pinceau de Koopman (fra) · drzewiarka mentawajska (pol) · mentawainpensselihiiri (fin) · myš Karlkoopmanova (ces) · Соневидная мышь Купмана (rus) · メンタワイヤマネマウス (jpn)
First described in: Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol.162 6 p.389
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: The largest in body size of any described Chiropodomys, and possibly most closely related to C. major. Part of the rodent fauna endemic to the Mentawai Arch. (see account of Leopoldomys siporanus).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Known only from Pagai (Musser, 1979), and Siberut (Jenkins and Hill, 1982) in the Mentawai Isls.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Indonesia, Kepulauan Mentawai, Pulau Pagai Utara.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: The largest in body size of any described Chiropodomys, and possibly most closely related to C. major. Part of the rodent fauna endemic to the Mentawi Archipelago (see account of Leopoldamys siporanus).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438398.