Phascogale tapoatafa ( Meyer, 1793 )

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 : 400

Dasyurus penicillatus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804

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Dasyurus penicillatus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804a: 361 .

COMMON NAME. — Brush-tailed Phascogale .

CURRENT NAME. — Phascogale tapoatafa ( Meyer, 1793) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 64).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra de Beaufort (1966: 519) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 3 July and 18 November 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2099 ( Fig. 9 ), holotype, skin mount.

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Anc. Cat. Gal. 244, Nouv. Cat. Gal. 385 (de Beaufort 1966: 519).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80108 ( Fig. 80 ; two living animals).

Figures

FIG. 9. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2099, holotype skin mount of Dasyurus penicillatus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804. Scale bar: 5 cm. Photography by Stephen Jackson. Credits: MNHN.

FIG. 80. — Dasyurus penicillatus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804a. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and pencil – 40 × 25 cm. Inv. no. 80108. Credits: MHNH.