| Bornean pithecheirops | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Millardini |
| Genus: | Pithecheirops Emmons, 1993 |
| Species: | P. otion
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| Binomial name | |
| Pithecheirops otion Emmons, 1993
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The Bornean pithecheirops (Pithecheirops otion) is a species of rodent found in Borneo. It is monotypic in the genus Pithecheirops. Pithecheirops is closely related to the genus Pithecheir, and the name is derived from Pithecheir and the Greek ops, meaning "resembling".[2] The only known example of this species was caught in the Danum Valley Field Centre in Sabah, north Borneo, at approximately 150 m.[3]
- ^ Helgen, K.; Aplin, K. & Ruedas, L. (2008). "Pithecheirops otion". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136834A4345146.en.
- ^ Emmons, Louise H. (1993). "A new genus and species of rat from Borneo (Rodentia: Muridae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 106 (4): 752–761.
- ^ Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.