Thylogale thetis ( Lesson, 1827 )

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 : 415

Halmaturus thetis Lesson, 1827

( Figs 107 ; 113 )

Halmaturus thetis Lesson, 1827: 229 .

COMMON NAME. — Red-necked Pademelon.

CURRENT NAME. — Thylogale thetis ( Lesson, 1827) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 150).

COLLECTOR/S. — No data.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia.

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

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data.

COMMENTS. — The Red-necked Pademelon Thylogale thetis ( Lesson, 1827) is associated with its collection in Port Jackson (Sydney) by the crew of the voyage captained by Hyacinthe de Bougainville aboard the frégate la Thétis and the corvette Espérance.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80273 ( Fig. 107 ; second from right, skull) and Inv. no. 80061 ( Fig. 113 ; two living animals) ( Fornasiero et al. 2016: 25).

Figures

FIG. 107. — Skulls of mammals (left to right) including Kangurus fasciatus Péron, 1807. Banded Hare-wallaby; Kangurus rufogriseus Desmarest, 1817; Macropus giganteus Shaw,1790;Halmaturus thetis Lesson,1827.Red-necked Pademelon;and Hypsiprymnus peron Quoy & Gaimard,1824.Long-nosed Potoroo.Charles- Alexandre Lesueur. Ink and wash – 44 × 29 cm. Inv. no. 80273. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 113. — Halmaturus thetis Lesson, 1827. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and pencil – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80061. Credits: MHNH.