Tree Rat

Tree rat or tree-rat may refer to the following rodents:

• Squirrels (family Sciuridae), occurring worldwide;
• The 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.