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along the middle of the black to a rich orange on the flanks, neck, shoulders, and the sides of the face. The underparts are pale buff in colour, while the ears are brown. The tail is far longer than the body, ranging from 12 to 13 centimetres (4.7 to 5.1 in) in length, and is dark brown in colour and almost naked, with no visible tuft. The feet have orange fur on the upper surface, and paler beneath; all the toes have sharp claws, except for the first digit of the forepaws, which instead bear flattened nails.
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Only a few specimens of red climbing mice have been recorded by scientists. The specimens indicate that is a relatively small mouse, with a head-body length of between 58 and 75 millimetres (2.3 and 3.0 in). The fur has been described as soft and fluffy and merges from a brownish-orange colour
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677:Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse (
255:Red climbing mice found in southern
1936:IUCN Red List least concern species
335:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
1951:Taxa named by Glover Morrill Allen
659:Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (
283:are also known, all discovered in
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704:Small pencil-tailed tree mouse (
686:Large pencil-tailed tree mouse (
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430:Johns Hopkins University Press
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485:Extant species of subfamily
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819:Indochinese harvest mouse (
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1148:Sumatran shrewlike mouse (
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601:Long-tailed shrew rat (
391:: Number 806: pp. 1–3.
227:Vernay's climbing mouse
1498:Thomas's pygmy mouse (
1489:Setzer's pygmy mouse (
567:Sulawesian shrew rat (
416:"Superfamily Muroidea"
259:, in the provinces of
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1337:Earth-colored mouse (
1285:Sheath-tailed mouse (
432:. pp. 894–1531.
342:: e.T22933A22448949.
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1542:Ceylon spiny mouse (
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1381:Callewaert's mouse (
1249:Fawn-colored mouse (
904:Red climbing mouse (
754:Lesser ranee mouse (
375:Lunde, D.P. (2007).
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1560:Flat-haired mouse (
589:(Greater Sulawesian
31:Conservation status
24:Red climbing mouse
1551:Phillips's mouse (
1444:Temminck's mouse (
1294:Macedonian mouse (
610:Tate's shrew rat (
324:Aplin, K. (2017).
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203:Octopodomys fulvus
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1464:M. orangiae
1428:M. mattheyi
1305:M. musculus
1101:M. imberbis
1032:M. gleadowi
943:Cutch rat (
882:V. oleracea
843:Vandeleuria
756:H. pusillus
706:C. pusillus
697:C. muroides
591:shrew rats)
355:12 November
295:Description
285:Pleistocene
1930:Categories
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1500:M. sorella
1491:M. setzeri
1419:M. mahomet
1410:M. indutus
1392:M. goundae
1365:M. baoulei
1330:M. spretus
1278:M. famulus
1233:M. booduga
1185:M. vulcani
1059:M. meltada
1050:M. kondana
830:M. minutus
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311:References
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1455:M. neavei
1401:M. haussa
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1260:M. cookii
1242:M. caroli
1222:Subgenus
1176:M. pahari
1167:M. mayori
1139:Subgenus
1086:Muriculus
1011:Millardia
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954:C. elvira
934:Cremnomys
922:Millardia
769:Hapalomys
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78:Eukaryota
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1602:See also
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1142:Coelomys
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925:division
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810:Micromys
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532:Rodentia
520:Mammalia
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508:Animalia
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289:V. fulva
195:Synonyms
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118:Rodentia
108:Mammalia
98:Chordata
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88:Animalia
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1796:2439129
1783:1179460
1675:Xeromys
1642:Oenomys
1635:Maxomys
1624:Golunda
1620:Colomys
1536:Pyromys
1374:M. bufo
895:Vernaya
569:M. naso
538:Muridae
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487:Murinae
305:bracken
281:Vernaya
277:Myanmar
273:Shaanxi
269:Sichuan
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235:Muridae
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128:Muridae
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257:China
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1752:BOLD
444:OCLC
434:ISBN
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340:2017
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