Tree rat

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


 * 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;
 * Mesocricetus auratus, the Syrian hamster.