Pithecheir melanurus Lesson 1840

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1438

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scientific name	Pithecheir melanurus Lesson 1840
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Pithecheir melanurus Lesson 1840 , Species des Mammiferes: 265.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Java (Bengal or Sumatra have also been proposed as type localities; see Corbet and Hill, 1992, for history and restriction to Java).

Vernacular Names: Javan Pithecheir.

Synonyms: Pithecheir melanurus Müller 1840 .

Distribution: Java only (see Musser, 1982 d:76).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Represented by few specimens collected before World War II. Bartels’ (1937) observations on habitat and habits remain the most complete report of this Javan endemic, which is a member of the suite of murine rodents unique to Java (Musser, 1986; see account of Kadarsanomys sodyi ).