Notamacropus rufogriseus ( Desmarest, 1817 )

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 : 413

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scientific name	Notamacropus rufogriseus ( Desmarest, 1817 )
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Kangurus rufogriseus Desmarest, 1817

( Figs 29 View FIG ; 30 View FIG ; 107 View FIG ; 111 View FIG )

Kangurus rufogriseus Desmarest, 1817c: 36 .

COMMON NAME. — Red-necked Wallaby.

CURRENT NAME. — Notamacropus rufogriseus ( Desmarest, 1817) View in CoL .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 159).

COLLECTOR/S. — Purchased alive from Mr Cooper ( Péron, 1804a; contra Desmarest (1821: 274) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — King Island , Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 8 and 27 December 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-397 ( Figs 29 View FIG ; 30 View FIG ), holotype, skull and skin mount (de Beaufort 1966: 549; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 26-27).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Anc. Cat. Gal. 46, Nouv. Cat. Gal. 33 (de Beaufort 1966: 549; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 26-27).

COMMENTS. — The specimen was referred to as Kangaroo Kingiensis [sic, nomen nudum] in Péron (1804a). One female specimen has been taken back to France alive on Le Géographe where is was taken to Empress Joséphine’s private menagerie at the château de Malmaison (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1804c: 172; Desmarest 1817c: 36; Péron 1804a; Jangoux et al. 2010: 269, 272).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80273 ( Fig. 107 View FIG ; second from left, skull) and Inv. no. 80063 ( Fig. 111 View FIG ; two living animals) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 170).