Petaurus australis Shaw, 1791

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 : 406-407

Petaurus flaviventer Desmarest, 1817

( Figs 91-93 )

Petaurus flaviventer Desmarest, 1817b: 403 .

COMMON NAME. — Yellow-bellied Glider.

CURRENT NAME. — Petaurus australis Shaw, 1791 .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 109).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Desmarest (1817b: 403) and Girard (1856: 112) who mentions Péron as its collectors. 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. 80084 ( Fig. 91 ; living animal, feet and skull) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 362), Inv. no. 80085 ( Fig. 92 ; sketch of two animals) and Inv. no. 80278 ( Fig. 93 ; skull, right).

Figures

FIG. 91. — Petaurus flaviventer Desmarest,1817.Yellow-bellied Glider.Australia.Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.Watercolour wash pencil – 25 × 40 cm.Inv.no.80084. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 92. — Petaurus flaviventer Desmarest,1817.Yellow-bellied Glider.Australia.Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.Watercolour wash pencil – 20 × 26 cm.Inv.no.80085. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 93. — Skulls of mammals (left to right) including Petaurus taguanoïdes Desmarest, 1817. Greater Glider; Petaurus norfolcensis Kerr, 1792. Squirrel Glider; Didelphis pygmaea Shaw, 1794. Narrow-toed Feather-tailed Glider; and Petaurus australis Shaw, 1791. Yellow-bellied Glider. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour wash pencil – 28 × 42 cm. Inv. no. 80278. Credits: MHNH.