Red tree rat

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Red tree rat

| status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal |author1=Aplin, K.|author2=Helgen, K.|author3=Lunde, D.|author4=Ruedas, L. | title=Pithecheir melanurus| journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species| volume= 2008| year = 2008 | page = e.T17400A7012341|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T17400A7012341.en|doi-access=free}}

| genus = Pithecheir

| species = melanurus

| authority = Lesson, 1840

| synonyms =

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The red tree rat (Pithecheir melanurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found only in western Java, Indonesia.