[Field notes, 1936-1937 Archbold Expedition to New Guinea]
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measurements 810 340 125 60 580 240 100 53 500 260 58 (photographed). 247 127 53 338 178 46 315 147 37 290 130 38 Tail design 234 104 27 244 120 24 2 small embryos (1 each side). 910 370 115 55 800 338 110 50 1 small pouch young. Mammary : : , but only 1 functional. 770 315 115 50 280 - 53- 300 - 51 One large embryo. 232 115 36 19 Upper end of ulna to tip longest (3rd) finger (s.u.), 37 mm.; longest finger (3rd) to tip of radius or ulna, 15 mm. Tibia, 35 mm. Mammary, 0-2=4; recessed somewhat as Melomys embryos, small, fount with difficulty. See notes, (photographed). 250 122 34 660 270 100 45 Pouch very small, apparently unused. 780 315 108 47 295 151 38 19 A fully adult ♀. Mammary as large as Melomys; formula 0-2=4. width mammary = 2.5/40.0 = 6.25%. No embryos width body 880 370 130 61. 225 104 29 335 165 36 - 2 large embryos 335 165 38 325 152 35 no embryo 320 145 37 no " 350 165 38 no " 350 155 38 320 148 37 4 embryos 282 137 36 no " { in formol. 209 99 27 290 140 36 428 223 52 234 110 27 242 116 35 1050 425 140 67