Table 1. Measurement data for Megalomys desmarestii, Megalomys luciae, and Oligoryzomys victus (mm)
Measurement M. desmarestii M. desmarestii M. luciae O. victus
(NHM 50.11.30.5-6) (NHM 55.12.24.201) (NHM 53.12.16.2) (NHM 97.12.26.1)
*The tail of NHM 53.12.16.2 is incomplete.
Greatest skull length 55.2 – – –
Condylo-incisive length 53.6 – 47.5 –
Breadth of occipital condyles 9.6 – 9.8 –
Length of diastema 17.8 16.9 15.6 7.8
Palatal bridge 14.0 12.8 13.0 6.2
Length of incisive foramen 9.4 8.3 7.8 5.4
Breadth of incisive foramen 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.1
Length of maxillary molars 8.2 9.4 7.7 4.5
Breadth of first maxillary molar 2.5 2.6 2.5 1.4
External alveolar breadth 10.7 10.5 10.4 5.6
Cranial height 15.7 14.6 13.7 9.3
Rostrum length 21.0 – – 11.2
Rostrum breadth 11.4 10.6 9.0 6.1
Least interorbital breadth 9.1 9.7 9.4 5.1
Orbital length 17.4 17.5 15.6 11.0
Zygomatic breadth 30.6 – 26.9 16.7
Breadth of braincase 16.9 – 15.1 11.4
Breadth of zygomatic plate 7.8 6.1 6.1 3.9
Head–body length 257 312 261 94
Tail length 254 278 145* 121
Hindfoot length (with claw) 45 59 50 25
Length of internal side of ear 18 20 18 14