Vombatus ursinus ( Shaw, 1800 )

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 : 402-405

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Phascolomis wombat Lesueur & Petit in Péron, 1807 b

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Phascolomis wombat Lesueur & Petit in Péron, 1807 b: pl. 28.

COMMON NAME. — Bare-nosed Wombat.

CURRENT NAME. — Vombatus ursinus ( Shaw, 1800) View in CoL .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 101).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur or Mr Cooper, contra Desmarest (1821: 276), Girard (1856: 118), de Beaufort (1966: 535) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. Referred to in Péron & Freycinet (1816: 13) and Girard (1856: 118). COLLECTION LOCALITY. — King Island , Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia ( Péron 1804b; Desmarest 1821: 276). COLLECTION DATE. — Between 8 and 27 December 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-406 ( Figs 11 View FIG ; 13 View FIG ), lectotype, skull and skin mount ; and MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-407 ( Figs 12 View FIG ; 14 View FIG ), paralectotype, skull and skin mount (juvenile) ; MNHN-ZM-AC-A3295 ( Fig. 15 View FIG ), paralectotype skeleton . Collection of wombats referred to by É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803c: 364; d: 185). Five specimens of this species, and/or Phascolomys bassi below, embarked alive back to France on Le Naturaliste ( Jangoux et al. 2010: 269).

OTHER NUMBER/ S. — Anc. Cat. Gal. 110 & 112, Nouv. Cat. Gal. 297 & 298 (de Beaufort 1966: 518-519). Number for skull: Cat. Anat. Comp. A2556 & A2559 and CAG I-860, I-859 & IV-18.

COMMENTS. — Two young males were brought back to Paris (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier 1824 [1824-1842]: Vol. 2, Text to pl.; Girard 1856: 119). Species referred to as Ombatte Kingiensis [sic, nomen nudum] from King Island in Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle; Péron (1804a) refered to this taxon.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80069-1, 80069-2 and 80069-3 ( Figs 83-85 View FIG View FIG View FIG ; two adults and offspring) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 363; Fornasiero et al. 2016: 148-149), Inv. no. 80070 ( Fig. 86 View FIG ; several adults and young), Inv. no. 80071 ( Fig. 87 View FIG ; one living adult animal, skull, feet, snout, and stech of animal) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 353; Altmann 2012: 86; Fornasiero et al. 2016: 146-147), Inv. no. 80072 ( Fig. 88 View FIG ; sketch of adult, feet and snout) ( Altmann 2012: 86; Fornasiero et al. 2016: 144), Inv. no. 80268 ( Fig. 89 View FIG ; two skeletons) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 353; Altmann 2012: 90; Fornasiero et al. 2016: 142-143) and Inv. no. 80272 ( Fig. 90 View FIG ; centre, skull).