Mirounga leonina ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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 : 436-437

Phoca proboscidea Péron in Péron & Freycinet, 1816

Phoca proboscidea Péron in Péron & Freycinet, 1816. pl. 32 from Lesueur & Petit 1807.

COMMON NAME. — Elephant Seal.

CURRENT NAME. — Mirounga leonina ( Linnaeus, 1758) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 302) and Stewart (2014: 171).

COLLECTOR/S. — No data. Observed by Péron ( Girard 1856: 98). COLLECTION LOCALITY. — King Island, Tasmania. King Island according toPéron (1804a).

COLLECTION DATE. — Between 8 and 27 December 1802.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80001 ( Fig. 172 ; three live animals) ( Fornasiero et al. 2016: 131), Inv 80007 ( Fig. 173 ; three live animals; engraving from Jacques Milbert from a drawing by Lesueur) ( Fornasiero et al. 2016: 131), Inv. no. 80002 and 80003 ( Figs 174 ; 175 ; sketch of one live animal) ( Fornasiero et al. 2016: 131), Inv. no. 80004, 80005 and 80006 ( Figs 176-178 ; two live animals) ( Fornasiero et al. 2016: 100)

Figures

FIG. 172. — Phoca proboscidea Péron,in Lesueur & Petit,1816.King Island,Bass Strait,Tasmania,Australia.Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.Watercolour – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80001. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 173. — Phoca proboscidea Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1816. King Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour on vellum – 25 × 36 cm. Inv. no. 80007. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 174. — Phoca proboscidea Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1816. King Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Pencil, charcoal and ink – 21 × 34 cm. Inv. no. 80002. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 175. — Phoca proboscidea Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1816. King Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Charcoal, pencil and ink – 21 × 34 cm. Inv. no. 80003. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 176. — Phoca proboscidea Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1816. King Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Ink and pencil – 22 × 35 cm. Inv. no. 80004. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 177. — Phoca proboscidea Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1816. King Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Ink and pencil – 23 × 35 cm. Inv. no. 80005. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 178. — Phoca proboscidea Péron, in Lesueur & Petit, 1816. King Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Pencil – 19 × 11 cm. Inv. no. 80006. Credits: MHNH.