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Fawn-footed Melomys

Melomys cervinipes

Photo by RachaelB
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

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.

Habitat:

Rainforest

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Comments (2)

Thanks - wasn't hard to spot when it was trying to steal our camp dinner ;-)
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PublishedAugust 27, 2013

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