Phascogale tapoatafa ( Meyer, 1793 )

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 : 400-402

Dasyurus tafa White in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Dasyurus tafa White in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803b: 259.

COMMON NAME. — Brush-tailed Phascogale .

CURRENT NAME. — Phascogale tapoatafa ( Meyer, 1793) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 64).

COLLECTOR/ S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, expedition Nicolas Baudin, contra de Beaufort (1966: 519) 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. — No specimen present in MNHN collection.

COMMENTS. — É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1804a: 360) noted that “I only know this species by the description and the figure by John White” ( White 1790: 281). The illustration referred to above under Dasyurus penicillatus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804a may also be attributable to this taxon.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — No data.