Dasyurus maculatus ( 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 : 398

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scientific name	Dasyurus maculatus ( Kerr, 1792 )
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Dasyurus macrourus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803b

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Dasyurus macrourus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803b: 259 .

COMMON NAME. — Spotted-tailed Quoll.

CURRENT NAME. — Dasyurus maculatus ( Kerr, 1792) View in CoL .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 56).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Desmarest (1821: 263) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia (de Beaufort 1966: 522; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 9). COLLECTION DATE. — Between 3 July and 18 November 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-418 ( Figs 4 View FIG , 5 View FIG ), lectotype, skull fragments and skin mount ; and MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-419 ( Fig. 6 View FIG ), paralectotype, skin mount (de Beaufort 1966: 521-522; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 8-9) . Two specimens of this species, or D. viverrinus , were kept alive on Le Naturaliste, but died during the voyage ( Jangoux et al. 2010: 268, 271).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Anc. Cat. Gal. 141 & 142, Nouv. Cat. Gal. 354 & 355 (de Beaufort 1966: 521-522; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 8-9).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80107-1 and 80107-2 ( Figs 73 View FIG ; 74 View FIG ; two living animals). The Lesueur illustration 80107- 3 is held at the Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (lithograph registered as CLb1s5i005).