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Tree rat or tree-rat may refer to the following
rodents :
Black rat (Rattus rattus ), occurring worldwide;
Brachytarsomys (several species), from Madagascar;
Callistomys (the painted tree-rat), from Brazil;
Carpomys , from the Philippines;
Chiromyscus (Fea's tree rat), from southeastern Asia;
Conilurus , from Australia and southern New Guinea;
Diplomys labilis , the rufous tree rat, from Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador;
Diplothrix , the Ryukyus Islands tree rat, from the Ryukyu Islands;
Echimys , from Amazonia;
Kadarsanomys , Sody's tree rat, from Java;
Lenothrix , the gray tree rat, from Southeast Asia;
Lonchothrix , the tuft-tailed spiny tree rat, from Brazil;
Makalata , from Amazonia;
Mesembriomys , from Australia;
Mesomys , from Amazonia;
Niviventer langbianis , the dark-tailed tree rat, from Southeast Asia;
Papagomys armandvillei , the Flores giant tree rat, from Flores;
Pattonomys , from South America;
Phyllomys , from the Atlantic Forest of eastern South America;
Pithecheir , from Southeast Asia;
Santamartamys , the red crested tree rat, from Colombia;
Thallomys nigricauda , the black-tailed tree rat, from southwestern Africa;
Toromys , the giant tree rat, from Brazil;
Xenuromys , the mimic tree-rat, from New Guinea.
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