Potorous tridactylus ( Kerr, 1792 )

Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile, 2021, Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Zoosystema 43 (21), pp. 387-548 : 410

Hypsiprymnus peron Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

( Figs 25 ; 107 )

Hypsiprymnus peron Quoy & Gaimard, 1824: 64 .

COMMON NAME. — Long-nosed Potoroo.

CURRENT NAME. — Potorous tridactylus ( Kerr, 1792) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 140).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles Alexandre Lesueur, contra Quoy & Gaimard (1824: 64); Girard (1856: 118); de Beaufort (1966: 536); Julien-Laferrière (1994: 24) who mentioned Péron as its collector. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — New South Wales, Australia ( Calaby & Richardson 1988: 58). We designate near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia as type location. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 3 July and 18 November 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-AC-1883-351 ( Fig. 25 ), holotype, skull and post cranial skeleton (de Beaufort 1966: 536-537).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Cat. Anat. Comp. A2649 and CAG I-818.

COMMENTS. — Beaufort (1966: 536-537) noted that the specimen was re-tagged after being studied by Quoy & Gaimard, which explains why it carries many annotations and so could be confused with the specimen reported by these authors. He also advised that these authors did not have any specimens of this species.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80273 ( Fig. 107 ; right, skull).

Figures

FIG. 25. — MNHN-ZM-AC-1883-351, holotype skull of Hypsiprymnus peron Quoy & Gaimard, 1824. Scale bar: 2 cm. Photography by Stephen Jackson. Credits: MNHN.

FIG. 107. — Skulls of mammals (left to right) including Kangurus fasciatus Péron, 1807. Banded Hare-wallaby; Kangurus rufogriseus Desmarest, 1817; Macropus giganteus Shaw,1790;Halmaturus thetis Lesson,1827.Red-necked Pademelon;and Hypsiprymnus peron Quoy & Gaimard,1824.Long-nosed Potoroo.Charles- Alexandre Lesueur. Ink and wash – 44 × 29 cm. Inv. no. 80273. Credits: MHNH.