Wallabia bicolor ( Desmarest, 1804 )

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 : 415

Kangurus bicolor Desmarest, 1804b

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Kangurus bicolor Desmarest, 1804b: 357 .

COMMON NAME. — Swamp Wallaby.

CURRENT NAME. — Wallabia bicolor ( Desmarest, 1804) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 166).

COLLECTOR/S. — Unknown but this species could have been collected by the Baudin expedition given the timing of the description. The description by Desmarest (1804b: 358) suggests the type specimen was derived from a live animal in the collection of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris . No information is provided with the publication of the name. It may have been one of the live kangaroos received from Joseph Banks by Dufresne or a Baudin expedition mammal. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 20 June and 18 November 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No specimen identified in MNHN collection.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80060 ( Fig. 114 ; two living animals) ( Altmann 2012: 65).

Figures

FIG. 114. — Kangurus bicolor Desmarest, 1804. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and pencil – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80060. Credits: MHNH.