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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.
Rainforest
Spotted on Jul 28, 2013
Submitted on Aug 27, 2013
2 Comments
Thanks - wasn't hard to spot when it was trying to steal our camp dinner ;-)
Excellent spotting !!