Pithecheir

{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Pithecheir

| authority = Lesson, 1840

| type_species = Pithecheir melanurus

| type_species_authority = Lesson, 1840

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• Pithecheir melanurus
• Pithecheir parvus

}}

Pithecheir is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia.

It contains the following species:

• Red tree rat (Pithecheir melanurus)
• Malayan tree rat (Pithecheir parvus)