Fig. 6. Holotype of Tonkinomys daovantieni. Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of the tail. Note increasing length of scale hairs from base to tail tip. Basal two-thirds of dorsal and lateral surfaces of tail is dark brown, produced by brown pigment in both scales and scale hairs (a); scales and scale hairs (c) on underside and distal one-third of the tail are unpigmented. See text for discussion of pattern variation within the complete sample. Tail is round in cross-section (b).

Published as part of Musser, Guy G., Lunde, Darrin P. & Son, Nguyen Truong, 2006, Description of a New Genus and Species of Rodent (Murinae, Muridae, Rodentia) from the Tower Karst Region of Northeastern Vietnam, pp. 1-41 in American Museum Novitates 3517 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3517[1:DOANGA]2.0.CO;2, http://zenodo.org/record/5383870