Petauroides volans ( 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 : 407

Petaurus taguanoïdes Desmarest, 1817

( Figs 18 ; 19 ; 93 ; 96 ; 97 )

Petaurus taguanoÏdes Desmarest, 1817b: 400 .

COMMON NAME. — Southern Greater Glider.

CURRENT NAME. — Petauroides volans ( Kerr, 1792) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 115).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Girard (1856: 112); de Beaufort (1966: 534); Julien-Laferrière (1994: 19) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia ( McKay 1988: 90). COLLECTION DATE. — Between 3 July and 18 November 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-408 ( Figs 18 ; 19 ), lectotype, skull and skin mount (de Beaufort 1966: 534; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 19-20) . Two specimens of this species, or P. peronii below, embarked alive on the voyage back to France on Le Naturaliste but died during the voyage ( Jangoux et al. 2010: 268).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv.Cat.Gal.189 (Julien-Laferrière 1994: 19-20).

I LLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80278 ( Fig. 93 ; skull, left), Inv. no. 80086 ( Fig. 96 ; young animal), and Inv. no. 80089 ( Fig. 97 ; two living animals and a skull) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 166-167).

Figures

FIG. 18. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-408, lectotype skull of Petaurus taguanoides Desmarest, 1817. Scale bar: 2 cm. Photography by Stephen Jackson. Credits: MNHN.

FIG. 19. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-408, lectotype skin mount of Petaurus taguanoides Desmarest, 1817. Scale bar: 10 cm. Photography by Stephen Jackson. Credits: MNHN.

FIG. 93. — Skulls of mammals (left to right) including Petaurus taguanoïdes Desmarest, 1817. Greater Glider; Petaurus norfolcensis Kerr, 1792. Squirrel Glider; Didelphis pygmaea Shaw, 1794. Narrow-toed Feather-tailed Glider; and Petaurus australis Shaw, 1791. Yellow-bellied Glider. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour wash pencil – 28 × 42 cm. Inv. no. 80278. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 96. — Petaurus taguanoïdes Desmarest, 1817. [= Petauroides volans (Kerr, 1792)]. Greater Glider. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour wash pencil – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80086. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 97. — Petaurus taguanoïdes Desmarest, 1817. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and pencil – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80089. Credits: MHNH.