Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804

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 : 424

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scientific name	Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804
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Hydromys leucogaster É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804

( Figs 43 View FIG ; 44 View FIG ; 78 View FIG ; 90 View FIG ; 153 View FIG )

Hydromys leucogaster É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804d: 354 View in CoL , as 254.

COMMON NAME. — Water Rat.

CURRENT NAME. — Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804 View in CoL .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 191).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Rode (1945: 204) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 18 and 27 February 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1998-2056 ( Fig. 43 View FIG ), holotype, skin mount ; and MNHN-ZM-MO-1998-2057 ( Fig. 44 View FIG ), paratype, skin mount ( Rode 1945: 204).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Cat. Gal. 785 & 786.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80276 ( Fig. 78 View FIG ) and Inv. no. 80272 ( Fig. 90 View FIG ; right, skull), Inv. no. 80115 ( Fig. 153 View FIG ; two living animals) ( Fornasiero et al. 2016: 141).