Mammal type specimens in the Macleay Collections, University of Sydney
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Parnaby, Harry
Mammalogy, Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William St, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
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Gill, Anthony C.
0000-0002-8990-3657
Macleay Collections, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University Avenue, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Anthony. c. gill @ sydney. edu. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8990 - 3657 & Ichthyology, Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010.
nthony.c.gill@sydney.edu.au
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TABLE 9. Body measurements of Mus (Hapalotis?) tompsoni Ramsay, 1882 [= Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)] given in the original description and those taken from MAMU M.787, presumed holotype. Ramsay’s measurements were taken in inches, mm conversions are in brackets. *0.4 inch given by Ramsay is a possible misprint for 0.2 inch = 5.0 mm, a closer match to our measurement.| Description of measurements, per Ramsay | Ramsay (1882) | M.787 (mm) |
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| Total length of body | 6.8 (172.7) | c. 160–170 |
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| Tail length | 7.7 (195.6) | c. 190 |
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| Length of hind foot and toes | 1.3 (33.0) | 32.7 |
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| Hand and fingers | 0.65 (16.5) | 15.9 |
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| Snout to centre of eye | 0.8 (20.3) | 21.1 |
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| Snout to base of ear | 1.5 (38.1) | 37.0 |
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| Centre of eye to ear | 0.65 (16.5) | 17.0 |
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| Length of ear | 0.85 (21.6) | 21.5 |
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| Greatest width of ear | 0.5 (12.7) | c 13.2 |
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| Length of free portion of upper incisors | 0.25 (6.35) | c. 6.0 |
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| Length of free portion of lower incisors | 0.4* (10.2) | c. 4.0 |
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| Length of the head | 1.65 (41.9) | 42.5 |
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| Width at base of ears | 0.75 (19.0) | 19.5 |
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