Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790

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 : 412

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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a21

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5143122

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Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790
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Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790

( Figs 107 View FIG ; 109 View FIG ; 110 View FIG )

Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 View in CoL : text to pl. 33.

COMMON NAME. — Eastern Grey Kangaroo.

CURRENT NAME. — Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 View in CoL .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 154).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Girard (1856: 114) who mentioned Péron as its collector.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia ( Girard 1856: 114). One animal was taken alive back to France on board Le Géographe under the name of “Kanguroo géant” (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1804c: 172). Girard (1856: 114) reported that Péron brought back a living individual that perished on arrival and was dissected by G. Cuvier. According to a letter from Baudin, during the second break in Timor, there they had ten giant kangaroos alive on Le Géographe but only one was left upon arrival in France ( Girard 1856: 114).

COLLECTION DATE. — Between 20 June and 18 November 1802.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No specimen identified in MNHN collection.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80273 ( Fig. 107 View FIG ; centre, skull), Inv. no. 80056 ( Fig. 109 View FIG ; two living animals) and Inv. no. 80067 ( Fig. 110 View FIG ; sketch of an animal) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 352; Fornasiero et al. 2016: 78).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Diprotodontia

Family

Macropodidae

Genus

Macropus

Loc

Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790

Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile 2021
2021
Loc

Macropus giganteus

Shaw 1790
1790
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