Petauroides volans ( 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 : 408

Petaurus peronii Desmarest, 1817

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Petaurus peronii Desmarest, 1817b: 404 .

COMMON NAME. — Greater Glider.

CURRENT NAME. — Petauroides volans ( Kerr, 1792) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 115) and Jackson & Thorington (2012: 17).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra de Beaufort (1966: 534); Julien-Laferrière (1994: 19) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia ( McKay 1988: 90). COLLECTION DATE. — Between 3 July and 18 November 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-409 ( Fig. 20 ), holotype, skin mount (de Beaufort 1966: 534; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 19). Two specimens of this species, or P. taguanoÏdes as mentioned above, embarked alive on the voyage back to France on Le Naturaliste but died during the voyage ( Jangoux et al. 2010: 268, 272).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Anc. Cat. Gal. no 12; Nouv. Cat. Gal. 200 (Julien-Laferrière 1994: 19).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrations referred to above under Petaurus taguanoÏdes Desmarest, 1817 may also be mentioned here as well.

Figures

FIG. 20. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-409, holotype skin mount of Petaurus peronii Desmarest, 1817. Scale bar: 10 cm. Photography by Stephen Jackson. Credits: MNHN.