Family PLATACANTHOMYIDAE

(TREE MICE)

• Small rodents with compact bodies, large ears, and long tails resembling bottle brushes.

• 15-25 cm.

• Palearctic and Indo-Malayan regions.

Tropical and subtropical montane forests.

2 genera, 5 species, 7 taxa.

1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.