Trichosurus vulpecula ( Kerr, 1792 )

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 : 409

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a21
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scientific name	Trichosurus vulpecula ( Kerr, 1792 )
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Phalangista vulpina Desmarest, 1817

( Figs 23 View FIG ; 102-106 View FIG View FIG View FIG View FIG View FIG )

Phalangista vulpina Desmarest, 1817a: 475 .

COMMON NAME. — Common Brush-tailed Possum.

CURRENT NAME. — Trichosurus vulpecula ( Kerr, 1792) View in CoL

(see Jackson & Groves 2015: 128), and Helgen & Jackson (2015: 483).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra de Beaufort (1966: 527) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 3 July and 18 November 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1999-34 ( Fig. 23 View FIG ), holotype, skin mount (de Beaufort 1966: 527).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Ancien Cat. Gal. 167, Nouv. Cat. Gal. 229 (de Beaufort, 1966: 527).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80090, 80091 and 80092 ( Figs 102-104 View FIG View FIG View FIG ; two live animals), Inv. no. 80275 ( Fig. 105 View FIG ; skull), and Inv. no. 80266 ( Fig. 106 View FIG ; sketch of phalangerid skeleton). Sometimes, the species referred to in Figure 103 View FIG have been referred to as the Lemuroid Ring-tailed Possum ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 169; 2016: 165). However, the prominent chest scent glands and general shape suggest these animals are more likely Brush-tailed Possums. Given that this species is rare and confined to the rainforests of North Queensland, where the Baudin expedition did not venture, its collection is very unlikely. Lemuroid Ring-tailed Possum was not formally collected until the expedition of Carl Lumholtz (1889: 196) to North Queensland between 1880 and 1884.