Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

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 : 396

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Echidna setosa É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803a

( Figs 2; 3; 70-72)

Echidna setosa É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803a: 226 .

COMMON NAME. — Short-beaked Echidna .

CURRENT NAME. — Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus (É. Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire, 1803a).

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 40).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Beaufort (1966: 512) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — King Island , north west Tasmania in Bass Strait according to Péron (1804a). Mahoney (1988: 5) located it to Adventure Bay , Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 20 and 22 May 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-422 ( Fig. 2), holotype, skin mount of adult ; and MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-423 ( Fig. 3), syntype, skin mount of juvenile (de Beaufort 1966: 511 ). One specimen of this species embarked alive on Le Naturaliste but have died during the voyage ( Jangoux et al. 2010: 268, 271). One was mounted on 14 September 1804 and two on 23 May 1804 (Journal du laboratoire de Zoologie de Vendémiaire an XII à Mars 1806 et de Janvier 1821 à Décembre 1822, par Dufresne).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Anc. Cat. Gal. 11 & 17, Nouv. Cat. Gal. 5 & 4 (de Beaufort 1966: 511).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80031 and 80032 ( Figs 70, 71; living animal) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 171; Fornasiero et al. 2016: 125), and Inv. no. 80265 ( Fig. 72; skeleton) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 351). The lack of fur in the animal depicted in Figure 70 may suggest this animal was recorded on mainland Australia rather than King Island or Tasmania.

References

BAGLIONE G. & CREMIERE C. 2009. - Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Peintre voyageur, un tresor oublie. Editions de Conti, Paris.

BEAUFORT F. DE 1966. - Catalogue des types de mammiferes du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris. VI. Monotremata. - VII Marsupialia. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Section B. Botanique, Biologie et EcologieVegetables Phytochimie (2) 38: 509 - 553. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 55121975

FORNASIERO J., LAWTON L. & WEST- SOOBY J. 2016. - The Art of Science. Nicolas Baudin's Voyagers 1800 - 1804. Wakefield Press, Mile End, 176 p.

GEOFFROY SAINT- HILAIRE E. 1803 a. - Extrait des observations anatomiques de M. Home, sur l'echidne. Bulletin des sciences par la Societe Philomathique de Paris 3 (77): 125 - 127. Misprinted as should be pages 225 - 227. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 5495267

JACKSON S. M. & GROVES S. M. 2015. - Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 529 p.

JANGOUX M., JOUANIN C. & METIVIER B. 2010. - Les animaux embarques vivants sur les vaisseaux du voyage de decouvertes aux Terres australes. Actes du colloque Portes par l'air du temps: les voyages du capitaine Baudin, Bruxelles, septembre 2009. Etudes sur le XVIIIe Siecle 38: 265 - 282.

MAHONEY J. A. 1988. - Tachyglossidae, in WALTON D. W. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 5. Mammalia. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra: 4 - 6.

PERON F. 1804 a. - Diarium Zoographicum. No. XV. Ans XI et XII. Observationes generales de Collectionibus factis in Zoologia ex profectura nostra de Portu Jackson (27 Brumaire an XI) adusque Promontorium Bonae Spei inclusive (30 Pluviose an XII). Museum d'Histoire naturelle du Havre, no. 21001.