Ornithorhynchus anatinus ( Shaw, 1799 )

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 : 395

Ornithorhynchus fuscus Péron in Lesueur & Petit, 1807

( Figs 65-68 )

Ornithorhynchus fuscus Péron in Lesueur & Petit, 1807: pl. 34, fig. 1.

COMMON NAME. — Platypus.

CURRENT NAME. — Ornithorhynchus anatinus ( Shaw, 1799) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 36).

COLLECTOR/ S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Desmarest (1822: 380) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia ( Desmarest 1822: 380).

COLLECTION DATE. — Between 3 July 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. 80034-1, 80034-2 and 80178 ( Figs 65-67 ; four living animals), and Inv. no. 80269 ( Fig. 68 ; skeleton) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 116; Altmann 2012: 89).

Figures

FIG. 65. — Ornithorhynchus fuscus Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1807 and Ornithorhynchus rufus Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1807. Tasmania, Australia. Charles- Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and ink – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80034-1. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 66. — Ornithorhynchus fuscus Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1807 and Ornithorhynchus rufus Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1807. Tasmania, Australia. Charles- Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and ink – 25 × 35 cm. Inv. no. 80034-2. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 67. — Ornithorhynchus fuscus Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1807 and Ornithorhynchus rufus Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1807. Platypus. Tasmania, Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Pencil – 17 × 23 cm. Inv. no. 80178. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 68. — Ornithorhynchus fuscus Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1807 and Ornithorhynchus rufus Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1807. Tasmania, Australia. Charles- Alexandre Lesueur. Skeleton. Watercolour and ink – 28 × 44 cm. Inv. no. 80269. Credits: MHNH.