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Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Chiropodomys
Species:	C. karlkoopmani
Binomial name
Chiropodomys karlkoopmani Musser, 1979

Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys karlkoopmani) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Pagai and Siberut islands in the Mentawai Islands, off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is tropical primary lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss (logging).

References

1. ^ Lunde, D.; Ruedas, L.; Musser, G. (2008). "Chiropodomys karlkoopmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T4681A11082863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T4681A11082863.en.
2. 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. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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