Petaurus kohlsi Troughton, 1945

Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5), pp. 277-420 : 322

Petaurus kohlsi Troughton, 1945

Rec. Aust. Mus . 21(6): 373. (25 June 1945).

Common name. Biak Glider.

Current name. Petaurus biacensis Ulmer, 1940 ; following Groves (2005d). Taxonomic status unclear. Although kohlsi is considered a junior synonym of P. biacensis by most authors, the status of the latter species and populations currently assigned to P. breviceps , require a detailed taxonomic revision ( Helgen, 2007; Jackson, 2015).

Holotype. M.6998 by original designation. Female adult, [Field no. Owi Is. No. 11], skull, study skin, collected by Lt.-Col. C. B. Philip and Major G. M. Kohls, collection date not given, registered 26 September 1944.

Condition. Cranium missing section of right zygomatic arch, left zygomatic arch detached, missing upper 2nd post-canine teeth. Both dentaries complete. Study skin complete.

Type locality. Owi Island, Schouten Island Group, Cenderawasih (formerly Geelvink) Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia.

Comments. Apparently based on a single specimen. The holotype is a female with a developed pouch, although Troughton variously refers to the holotype as male and female in his original description. Photographs of the holotype skull are given by Flannery (1995c).