3D scan of the mandible of a brown dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri).
The brown dorcopsis is a marsupial that lives in West New Guinea and the nearby Indonesian islands in West Papua in swampy tropical lowland forest including areas that flood in the rainy season, and it is believed to be tolerant of secondary forest. Males are larger than females: : the head and body length is 70-78 cm in males and 54-65 cm in females. The dorsal colour is dull brown, chocolate brown, reddish brown or fawn and the underparts are whitish, creamy-yellow or greyish. The arms are sometimes paler than the dorsal surface and the tip of the tail is devoid of hair.
Specimen Brown dorcopsis, Dorcopsis muelleri (Lesson, 1827)
Inventory number: C 992
Collection: Natural History Museum University of Pisa
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Scanned and edited by Marco Merella and Enrique Sierra
Scanner: Artec Spider
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