Isoodon obesulus ( Shaw, 1797 )

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 : 402

Didelphis obesula Shaw, 1797

( Figs 78 ; 81 )

Didelphis obesula Shaw, 1797: 298 .

COMMON NAME. — Southern Brown Bandicoot.

CURRENT NAME. — Isoodon obesulus ( Shaw, 1797) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 85).

COLLECTOR/S. — Specimen apparently not collected.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — No data.

COMMENT. — Occurs in southern Australia.

COLLECTION DATE. — No data.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80276 ( Fig. 78 ; skull, second from right) and Inv. no. 80081 ( Fig. 81 ; two living animals of which one has a pouch young.

Figures

FIG. 78. — Skulls of mammals (left to right) including Dasyurus maugei É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803; Didelphis obesula Shaw,1797;and Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804. Gray wash, ink and pencil - 29 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80276. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 81. — Didelphis obesula Shaw, 1797. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and pencil – 26 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80081. Credits: MHNH.