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Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Rats, Mice, Voles & Porcupines

Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová (iNaturalist) · CC BY 4.0

Chiropodomys gliroides

Basic stats

Habitat

Bamboo

Range

North-eastern India, southern China (including Hainan), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia and parts of Indonesia

The Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse is an arboreal rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in north-eastern India, southern China (including Hainan), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, the Mentawai Islands and some other islands) (Wikipedia, general species account).

Like all members of its genus it builds its nest between stalks of bamboo, constructing a bundle of leaves and branches between two stalks and gnawing through part of them to enter the nest. The mice are sociable and may share their nests (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What habitat does the Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse live in?
Bamboo
Where is the Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse found?
North-eastern India, southern China (including Hainan), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia and parts of Indonesia
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