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

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Phalangista vulpina Desmarest, 1817

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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.

References

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

BAGLIONE G. & CREMIERE C. 2016. - Charles-Alexandre Lesueur - Painter and Naturalist: A Forgotten Treasure. (Translated from French into English by J. Fornasiero & J. West-Sooby.) MkF Editions, Paris, 391 p.

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

DESMAREST A. G. 1817 a. - Phalanger, in SONNINI C. S. (ed.) Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, appliquee aux arts, a l'agriculture, a l'economie rurale et domestique, a la medecine, etc. Par une societe de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Nouv. Edn. Presqu'entierement refondue et considerablement augmentee. Deterville, Paris. Volume 25: 470 - 477. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 18044238

HELGEN K. & JACKSON S. 2015. - Family Phalangeridae (Cuscuses, Brush-tailed Possums and Scaly-tailed Possum), in WILSON D. E. & MITTERMEIER R. A. (eds) Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 5. Marsupials. Lynx Editions, Barcelona: 456 - 497.

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

KERR R. 1792. - The Animal Kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus; Class 1. Mammalia: containing a complete systematic description, arrangement, and nomenclature, of all the known species and varieties of the Mammalia, or animals which give suck to their young; being a translation of that part of the Systema Naturae, as lately published, with great improvements, by Professor Gmelin of Goettingen. Together with numerous additions from more recent zoological writers, and illustrated with copper plates. J. Murray & R. Faulder, London. Volume 1. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 38664031

LUMHOLTZ C. 1889. - Among Cannibals: Account of Four Years Travels in Australia and of Camp Life with the Aborigines of Queensland. John Murray, London, 395 p. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 24445625

Figures

FIG. 23. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1999-34, holotype, skin mount of Phalangista vulpina Desmarest,1817.Scale bar:10 cm. Photography by Stephen Jackson. Credits: MNHN.

FIG. 102. — Phalangista vulpina Desmarest, 1817. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and pencil – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80090. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 103. — Phalangista vulpina Desmarest,1817.Brush-tailed Possum.Australia.Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.Watercolour and pencil – 25 × 40 cm.Inv.no.80091. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 104. — Phalangista vulpina Desmarest, 1817. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and pencil – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80092. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 105. — Phalangista vulpina Desmarest, 1817.Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Skull. Watercolour and pencil – 28 × 43 cm. Inv.no. 80275.Credits:MHNH.

FIG. 106. — Phalangista vulpina Desmarest, 1817. Brush-tailed Possum. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Skeleton. Watercolour and pencil – 24 × 37 cm. Inv. no. 80266. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 23. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1999-34, holotype, skin mount of Phalangista vulpina Desmarest,1817.Scale bar:10 cm. Photography by Stephen Jackson. Credits: MNHN.

FIG. 102. — Phalangista vulpina Desmarest, 1817. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and pencil – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80090. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 103. — Phalangista vulpina Desmarest,1817.Brush-tailed Possum.Australia.Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.Watercolour and pencil – 25 × 40 cm.Inv.no.80091. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 104. — Phalangista vulpina Desmarest, 1817. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and pencil – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80092. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 105. — Phalangista vulpina Desmarest, 1817.Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Skull. Watercolour and pencil – 28 × 43 cm. Inv.no. 80275.Credits:MHNH.

FIG. 106. — Phalangista vulpina Desmarest, 1817. Brush-tailed Possum. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Skeleton. Watercolour and pencil – 24 × 37 cm. Inv. no. 80266. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 103. — Phalangista vulpina Desmarest,1817.Brush-tailed Possum.Australia.Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.Watercolour and pencil – 25 × 40 cm.Inv.no.80091. Credits: MHNH.