Carnivora, Bowdich, 1821

Kurek, Przemysław, 2017, Rediscovery of the holotypes of Mustela africana stolzmanni Taczanowski, 1881 (Carnivora: Mustelidae) and Cuniculus taczanowskii Stolzmann, 1885 (Rodentia: Cuniculidae) at the Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, Zootaxa 4311 (3), pp. 447-450 : 447

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Mustelidae

Mustela Stolzmanni Taczanowski 1881: 835 View in CoL –836.

NOW: Mustela africana stolzmanni Taczanowski, 1881 View in CoL .

HOLOTYPE: MIZ PAS, adult female, ( MIZ 83480) stuffed specimen, collected by Jan Sztolcman in 1880 in „Peruvia orient. Yurimaguas” [= Yurimaguas , Loreto Region, Peru] ( Taczanowski 1881) ( Fig. 1. A View FIGURE 1 ), labelled: “ Mustela stolzmanni Tacz. Yurimaguas (Rio Huallaga) Peru NE. Typus. Leg. J. Stolzmann ” ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 . D).

HOLOTYPE: MIZ PAS ( MIZ 79411) jaw and part of skull, collected by Jan Sztolcman in 1880 in „Peruvia orient. Yurimaguas” [= Yurimaguas , Loreto Region, Peru] ( Taczanowski 1881), labelled: “ Mustela stolzmanni, Yurimaguas Peru. Typus. Leg. Stolzmann ” ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 . B).

REMARKS: One specimen (skin and part of skull) of this mustelid (a female) was collected near Yurimaguas by the Huallaga river in Peru. The animal was not sampled by J. Sztolcman but provided to him by “ someone named Mr. Brown, Yankee settled in Yurimaguas ” ( Sztolcman 1883). W. Taczanowski named it Mustela Stolzmanni to honour the discoverer of this species – Jan Sztolcman ( Taczanowski 1881; Piechnik & Kurek 2016).

References

Piechnik, L. & Kurek, P. (2016) Ssaki neotropikow odkryte przez polskich naturalistow [Neotropical mammals discovered by Polish naturalists]. Instytut Botaniki PAN, Krakow, 356 pp.

Sztolcman, J. (1883) Wspomnienia z podrozy po Peru. Wszechswiat, 2, 760.

Taczanowski, W. (1881) Description d'une nouvelle espece du genre Mustela du Perou nord-oriental. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881, 835 - 836.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A) Holotype of Amazon weasel Mustela africana stolzmanni Taczanowski, 1881 (MIZ 83480), B) Jaw and part of skull of holotype specimen of Amazon weasel (MIZ 79411), C) Holotype of Mountain paca Cuniculus taczanowskii Stolzmann, 1885 (MIZ 77780), D) A label of holotype specimen of Amazon weasel (MIZ 83480), E) A label of holotype specimen of Mountain paca (MIZ 77780).