Chiropodomys karlkoopmani Musser 1979

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1303

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scientific name	Chiropodomys karlkoopmani Musser 1979
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Chiropodomys karlkoopmani Musser 1979 , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 162 (6): 389.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Kepulauan Mentawai, Pulau Pagai Utara.

Vernacular Names: Koopman's Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse.

Distribution: Known only from Pagai (Musser, 1979), and Siberut ( Jenkins and Hill, 1982) in the Mentawai Isls.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: The largest in body size of any described Chiropodomys , and possibly most closely related to C. major . Part of the rodent fauna endemic to the Mentawai Arch. (see account of Leopoldomys siporanus ).