Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
Author
Parnaby, Harry E.
Author
Ingleby, Sandy
Author
Divljan, Anja
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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)
.