Ornithorhynchus anatinus ( Shaw, 1799 )

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 : 396

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scientific name	Ornithorhynchus anatinus ( Shaw, 1799 )
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Ornithorhynchus rufus Péron in Lesueur & Petit, 1807

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Ornithorhynchus rufus Péron in Lesueur & Petit, 1807: pl. 34, fig. 2.

COMMON NAME. — Platypus.

CURRENT NAME. — Ornithorhynchus anatinus ( Shaw, 1799) View in CoL .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 36).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Desmarest (1822: 380) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia ( Desmarest 1822: 380). COLLECTION DATE. — Between 3 July and 18 November 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-AC-A3316 ( Fig. 1 View FIG ), holotype skeleton mount (male).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — CAG IV-28 by Péron and Lesueur.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80034-1, 80034-2 and 80178 ( Figs 65-67 View FIG View FIG View FIG ; four living animals), Inv. no. 80269 ( Fig. 68 View FIG ; skeleton) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 116; Altmann 2012: 89), and Inv. no. 80033 ( Fig. 69 View FIG ; one living animal and hind leg, beak and tail) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 351).