Pithecheir

Pithecheir
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Millardini
Genus:	Pithecheir Lesson, 1840
Type species
Pithecheir melanurus Lesson, 1840
Species
Pithecheir melanurus Pithecheir parvus

Pithecheir is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia. It contains the following species:

• Red tree rat (Pithecheir melanurus)
• Malayan tree rat (Pithecheir parvus)

References

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1428–1439. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.