Didephilus obesula Shaw, 1797

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 : 314

Didephilus obesula Shaw, 1797

Nat. Misc. 8: plate 298 and text. (August 1797).

Common name. Southern Brown Bandicoot.

Current name. Isoodon obesulus ( Shaw, 1797) , following Jackson & Groves (2015).

Neotype. M.11821, designation by Dixon (1981). Young male [associated No. W4288], skull, study skin, intact hyoid bones, skinned body in alc., one intact flea in alc. Collected by A. B. Rose on 18 September 1977 and registered on 27 February 1981.

Condition. Cranium complete; both dentaries have broken crowns of 2nd post-canine teeth. Study skin: bald patch on lower abdominal area, otherwise in good condition.

Type locality. Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park , north of Sydney, NSW. Dixon (1981) gives the trap site of the neotype as “a point 1.5 km south of the Hawkesbury River, 7.5 km from the Coal and Candle Creek Road turnoff on the West Head Point Road, Kur-ring-gai Chase National Park, 33°36'S 151°16'E.”

Comments. Dixon (1981) provides external and cranial measurements and a detailed description of the specimen and photographs of the skull and study skin.