Table 2.

List of external measurements for selected Tarsomys-clade rodents, including the new genus and species, given in the form mean ± 1 SD followed by ranges. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of individuals sampled for that measurement if less than the n for each species given in the column heading.

	Baletemys kampalili (2)	Limnomys bryophilus (4)	Limnomys sibuanus (5)	Rattus everetti(20)	Tarsomys apoensis (3)	Tarsomys echinatus (1)	Tarsomys sp. (1)
TOT	238233–243	293.5 ± 8.39285–305	275.2 ± 9.15266–289	477.61 ± 24.24445–523 (18)	270.67 ± 17.01258–290	277	231
LT	101100–102	167 ± 4.55163–173	155 ± 9.67147–167	237.06 ± 12.09212–260 (18)	129.00 ± 6.24124–136	139	104
LHF	3130–32	32 ± 1.4131–34	28.6 ± 0.8928–30	47.55 ± 2.1944–53	33.00 ± 1.0032–34	31	29
EAR	2020–20	21.5 ± 0.5821–22	20.8 ± 0.4520–21	26.11 ± 1.6823–29 (18)	22.00 ± 1.7321–24	20	19
WT	70.570–71	57.25 ± 4.7254–64	49.2 ± 7.6639–60	330.65 ± 69.14220–490	86.67 ± 15.8977–105	93	69
HBL	137131–143	126.5 ± 4.65121–132	120.2 ± 4.38114–126	239.45 ± 20.94210–298	141.67 ± 10.79134–154	138	127
LT/HBL	0.740.70–0.78	1.32 ± 0.041.27–1.36	1.29 ± 0.111.18–1.44	0.99 ± 0.090.71–1.09 (18)	0.91 ± 0.020.88–0.93	1.01	0.82
LHF/HBL	0.230.21–0.24	0.25 ± 0.010.24–0.27	0.24 ± 0.010.22–0.25	0.20 ± 0.010.17–0.22	0.23 ± 0.010.22–0.25	0.22	0.23
LOF	1918–20	NA	19.5 ± 0.7119–20 (2)	29 ± 2.5227–32 (3)	13 ± 013–13 (2)	NA	16
TSR	20.520–21	NA	15.5 ± 2.1214–17 (2)	9 ± 18–10 (3)	15 ± 1.4114–16 (2)	NA	16