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Bornean Pithecheirops
Pithecheirops otion Emmons, 1993
Also calledBorneo-Affenful’ratte (deu) · Pithécheir de Bornéo (fra) · małpioszczurnik borneański (pol) · ボルネオサルネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. vol.106 p.753
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Described from a single juvenile collected in " dense viny roadside secondary brush on an abandoned logging road " in what was primary lowland dipterocarp forest, which still persists " within 600 m and is the dominant vegetation type of the entire surrounding region " (Emmons, 1993 b: 753). Member of a group of murines endemic to Borneo (see account of Chiropodomys major).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Malaysia, Sabah (N Borneo), Danum Valley Field Centre, 150 m (see Emmons, 1993 b, for more information).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Secondary forest (lowland dipterocarp forest selectively logged in 1989) at 150 m altitude.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264861.