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Melomys cervinipes
Body length 114 mm; tail length 160 mm; weight 70 g. Rat-sized; variable colour, but adults are usually brown rather than grey; belly pale to whitish; tail longer than head-body length, hairless with small scales arranged like mosaic bathroom tiles. Hind foot length is usually greater than 26 mm and first interdigital pad is longer than 2.3 mm.
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2 Comments
Thanks - wasn't hard to spot when it was trying to steal our camp dinner ;-)
Excellent spotting !!