Lesser Tree Mouse

Lesser Tree Mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Chiruromys
Species:	C. vates
Binomial name
Chiruromys vates (Thomas, 1908)

The Lesser Tree Mouse (Chiruromys vates) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.

References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Chiruromys vates. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.