Acrobates pygmaeus ( Shaw, 1794 )

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 : 408-409

Didelphis pygmaea Shaw, 1794

( Figs 93 ; 99-101 )

Didelphis pygmaea Shaw, 1794: 5 , pl. 1.

COMMON NAME. — Narrow-toed Feather-tailed Glider.

CURRENT NAME. — Acrobates pygmaeus ( Shaw, 1794) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 122).

COLLECTOR/S. — No data.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — No data.

COMMENT. — The species occurs in south-east Australia.

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

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80278 ( Fig. 93 ; skull, second from right), Inv. no. 80095 and 80097 ( Figs 99 ; 100 ; two living animals), and Inv. no. 80096 ( Fig. 101 ; sketch of one living animal) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 168; Fornasiero et al. 2016: 100).

Figures

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. 99. — Didelphis pygmaea Shaw, 1794. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Charcoal, pastel and pencil – 19 × 15 cm. Inv. no. 80095. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 100. — Didelphis pygmaea Shaw, 1794. Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour – 40 × 25 cm. Inv. no. 80097. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 101. — Didelphis pygmaea Shaw,1794.Feather-tailed Glider.Australia.Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.Ink and pencil – 23 × 18 cm.Inv.no.80096.Credits:MHNH.