Varecia variegata ( 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 : 423

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scientific name	Varecia variegata ( Kerr, 1792 )
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Lemur macaco variegatus Kerr, 1792

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Lemur macaco variegatus Kerr, 1792: 86 .

COMMON NAME. — Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur .

CURRENT NAME. — Varecia variegata ( Kerr, 1792) View in CoL .

See Groves (2005b: 117) and Schwitzer et al. (2013: 140).

COLLECTOR/S. — Appears to have been initially collected by Pieter Heinrich Polemann [1779-1839] and provided to the Baudin expedition ( Péron 1804a). Specimens were obtained on Île de France ( Mauritius), including two by François Péron, one by Jacques Milbert, and one by Nicolas-Martin Petit.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Madagascar.

COLLECTION DATE. — Before 16 December 1803.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No specimen identified in MNHN collection. Four specimens were taken back to France alive on Le Géographe after being purchased at Île de France ( Mauritius) ( Jangoux et al. 2010: 269, 277).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80180v, 80184 and 80192r ( Figs 137-139 View FIG View FIG View FIG ; one living animal) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 365), Inv. no. 80176 and 80180r ( Figs 140 View FIG ; 141 View FIG ; two livings animals) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 364-365), and Inv. no. 80183 ( Fig. 142 View FIG ; sketch of three living animals).