Mammal type specimens in the Macleay Collections, University of Sydney Author Parnaby, Harry Mammalogy, Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William St, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia. Author 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 text Zootaxa 2021 2021-05-25 4975 2 201 252 journal article 6170 10.11646/zootaxa.4975.2.1 b98c5a41-914b-4398-8dca-2cf9b36d1817 1175-5326 4806677 6EB83A89-CC46-4F4E-99D5-B180A4677B7A

TABLE 8. Selected measurements (inches) of the holotype skin mount of Petrogale assimilis Ramsay, 1877e given in the original account and those of MAMU M.422, suspected holotype skin. Our measurements were taken in inches, metric conversions are in brackets. Measurements of M.422 in bold cannot match those given by Ramsay. * poorly delineated, not measured. ** tail tip missing, internal wire protrudes 2 cm from stub.

Measurement described by Ramsay	Ramsay	M.422	Remarks
Total length	36 (91.4 cm)	36	broadly consistent
Tail	16 (40.6 cm)	c. 16**	broadly consistent
Length of foot	5.3 (134.6 mm)	c. 5.3	broadly consistent
Longest toe	2.1 (53.3 mm)	*	cannot be 2.1
Length of nail of longest toe	0.3 (7.6 mm)	*
Length of head	4.2 (106.7 mm)	c. 4.2	broadly consistent
Width across forehead	2 (50.8 mm)	*
Snout to centre of orbit	2.1 (53.3 mm)	2.1	broadly consistent
Snout to base of ear	3.7 (94.0 mm)	3.55 (90.0 mm)	cannot be 3.7
Ears, length	2 (50.8 mm)	1.77 (45.0 mm)	cannot be 2
Ears, breadth	1 (25.4 mm)	0.74 (18.8 mm)	0.74 is linear breadth on curled ear