Pseudocheirus peregrinus cookii ( 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 : 408

Phalangista cookii Desmarest, 1817

( Figs 21 ; 22 ; 98 )

Phalangista cookii Desmarest, 1817a: 476 .

COMMON NAME. — Eastern Ringed-tailed Possum.

CURRENT NAME. — Pseudocheirus peregrinus cookii ( Desmarest, 1817) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 117).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra de Beaufort (1966: 532) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), Australia (see Julien-Laferrière 1994: 21), but also given as mainland Australia by McKay (1988: 95). The type locality of this taxon is currently the subject of genetic research. COLLECTION DATE. — No data. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-411 ( Figs 21 ; 22 ), lectotype, skull and skin mount (de Beaufort 1966: 532-533; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 21).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Anc. Cat. Gal. 173, Nouv. Cat. Gal. 201 (Julien-Laferrière 1994: 21). Number for skull: Cat. Anat. Comp. A2571 and CAG I-773.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80094 ( Fig. 98 ; two living animals).

Figures

FIG. 21. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-411, lectotype skull of Phalangista cookii Des- marest,1817.Scale bar:2 cm.Photography by Stephen Jackson.Credits:MNHN.

FIG. 22. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-411, lectotype skin mount of Phalangista cookii Desmarest, 1817. Scale bar: 5 cm. Photography by Stephen Jackson. Credits: MNHN.

FIG. 98. — Phalangista cookii Desmarest, 1817. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and pencil – 40 × 25 cm. Inv. no. 80094. Credits: MHNH.