Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758

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 : 434

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Canis familiaris australasiae Desmarest, 1821

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Canis familiaris australasiae Desmarest, 1821: 191 .

COMMON NAME. — Dingo.

CURRENT NAME. — Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 288), and Jackson et al. (2017: 201; 2019: 198).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Desmarest (1821: 191) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 3 July and 18 November 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-2010-671 ( Figs 57 View FIG ; 58 View FIG ), holotype, skull and skin mount ; and MNHN-ZM-2010-672 ( Fig. 59 View FIG ), topotype skin mount .

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Cat. Gal. 293A & 294. The skull of MNHN-ZM-2010-671 is also inscribed under the number MNHN-ZM-AC-1984-17 and CAG BI-1.

COMMENTS. — Two specimens were brought back alive from Australia on board Le Naturaliste and lived at the “Menagerie du Roi in 1806” (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier 1825 [1824-1842]: Vol 5, Text to plate; Jangoux et al. 2010: 269, 274).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80149r and 80149v ( Figs 168 View FIG ; 169 View FIG ; sketches of animals), and Inv. no. 80164 ( Fig. 170 View FIG ; coloured illustration of living animal).