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Contributed by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 2017-12-14

Samples: none

Size measurements: Thylamys macrurus (condylobasal length 29.2 mm), Thylamys macrurus (skull width 16.9 mm), Thylamys macrurus (upper tooth row length 12.1 mm), Thylamys macrurus (head and body length 147 mm), Thylamys macrurus (tail length 161 mm), Thylamys macrurus (hind foot length 15 mm), Thylamys macrurus (ear length 25 mm), Thylamys macrurus (condylobasal length 33.3 mm), Thylamys macrurus (skull width 18.9 mm), Thylamys macrurus (upper tooth row length 12.8 mm), Thylamys macrurus (head and body length 130 mm), Thylamys macrurus (tail length 154 mm), Thylamys macrurus (hind foot length 18 mm), Thylamys macrurus (ear length 23 mm), Thylamys macrurus (condylobasal length 33.4 mm), Thylamys macrurus (skull width 18.3 mm), Thylamys macrurus (upper tooth row length 12.6 mm), Thylamys macrurus (body mass 57 g), Thylamys macrurus (head and body length 126 mm), Thylamys macrurus (tail length 153 mm), Thylamys macrurus (hind foot length 19 mm), Thylamys macrurus (ear length 27 mm), Thylamys macrurus (condylobasal length 32.5 mm), Thylamys macrurus (skull width 19.2 mm), Thylamys macrurus (upper tooth row length 12.1 mm), Thylamys macrurus (body mass 55 g), Thylamys macrurus (head and body length 108 mm), Thylamys macrurus (tail length 143 mm), Thylamys macrurus (hind foot length 16 mm), Thylamys macrurus (ear length 23 mm), Thylamys macrurus (condylobasal length 29.9 mm), Thylamys macrurus (skull width 17.0 mm), Thylamys macrurus (upper tooth row length 11.9 mm), Thylamys macrurus (body mass 30 g), Thylamys macrurus (head and body length 106 mm), Thylamys macrurus (tail length 138 mm), Thylamys macrurus (hind foot length 17 mm), Thylamys macrurus (ear length 24 mm), Thylamys macrurus (condylobasal length 29.6 mm), Thylamys macrurus (skull width 16.0 mm), Thylamys macrurus (upper tooth row length 12.1 mm), Thylamys macrurus (body mass 31 g), Thylamys macrurus (head and body length 135 mm), Thylamys macrurus (tail length 140 mm), Thylamys macrurus (hind foot length 17 mm), Thylamys macrurus (ear length 25 mm), Thylamys macrurus (condylobasal length 34.2 mm), Thylamys macrurus (skull width 19.2 mm), Thylamys macrurus (upper tooth row length 12.9 mm), Thylamys macrurus (body mass 54 g), Thylamys macrurus (head and body length 110 mm), Thylamys macrurus (tail length 132 mm), Thylamys macrurus (condylobasal length 31.9 mm), Thylamys macrurus (skull width 17.8 mm), Thylamys macrurus (upper tooth row length 12.4 mm), Thylamys pusillus (head and body length 101 mm), Thylamys pusillus (tail length 104 mm), Thylamys pusillus (hind foot length 13 mm), Thylamys pusillus (ear length 20 mm), Thylamys pusillus (condylobasal length 26.1 mm), Thylamys pusillus (skull width 14.8 mm), Thylamys pusillus (upper tooth row length 10.2 mm), Thylamys pusillus (body mass 20 g), Thylamys pusillus (head and body length 99 mm), Thylamys pusillus (tail length 114 mm), Thylamys pusillus (hind foot length 14 mm), Thylamys pusillus (ear length 21 mm), Thylamys pusillus (condylobasal length 26.5 mm), Thylamys pusillus (skull width 15.2 mm), Thylamys pusillus (upper tooth row length 10.2 mm), Thylamys pusillus (body mass 21 g), Thylamys pusillus (head and body length 101 mm), Thylamys pusillus (tail length 117 mm), Thylamys pusillus (hind foot length 14 mm), Thylamys pusillus (ear length 21 mm), Thylamys pusillus (condylobasal length 26.6 mm), Thylamys pusillus (skull width 15.0 mm), Thylamys pusillus (upper tooth row length 10.3 mm), Thylamys pusillus (body mass 22 g)