The Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (''Chiropodomys calamianensis'') is a species of

arboreal Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally (scansorial), but others are exclusively arboreal. The hab ...

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...

in the family

Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. ...

. It is known from lowland forest near sea level, coconut groves, and bamboo thickets. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the

Palawan Palawan (, ), officially the Province of Palawan (; ), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of . The capital and largest c ...

Faunal Region in the

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. It has been recorded on Balabac, Busuanga,

Dumaran Dumaran, officially the Municipality of Dumaran (), is a municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by natio ...

, and Calauit islands.

References

Chiropodomys Rats of Asia Rodents of the Philippines Endemic fauna of the Philippines Fauna of Palawan Mammals described in 1934 Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Murinae-stub