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title: "Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse"
description: "Chiropodomys gliroides — Mammiferi. The Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse or simply pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Muridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/pencil-tailed-tree-mouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

> Chiropodomys gliroides — Mammiferi. The Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse or simply pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Muridae.

- Scientific name: *Chiropodomys gliroides*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 63
- Wikidata: [Q1763066](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1763066)
- iNaturalist taxon: [45601](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/45601)

## Names

- en: Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
- de: Indomalayische Pinselschwanz-Baummaus
- nl: Pluimstaartbamboemuis

## Countries with the most observations

TH (15), ID (9), VN (6), CN (4)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indomalayan_pencil-tailed_tree_mouse

## Photo

![Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pencil-tailed-tree-mouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203453902

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pencil-tailed-tree-mouse?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).