Galerella pulverulenta ( Wagner, 1839 )

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 : 440

Herpestes pulverulenta Wagner, 1839

( Figs 62 ; 63 )

Herpestes pulverulenta Wagner, 1839: 426 .

COMMON NAME. — Cape Gray Mongoose.

CURRENT NAME. — Galerella pulverulenta ( Wagner, 1839) .

See Wozencraft (2005: 565) and Gilchrist et al. (2009: 316).

COLLECTOR/S. — Donation to François Péron. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Cape Town , South Africa. COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1962-1113 ( Figs 62 ; 63 ), non-type skull and skin. Two specimens were traded at Cape Town and taken back to Paris alive aboard Le Geographe ( Jangoux et al. 2010: 269, 277-278).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Cat. Gal. 563.

COMMENTS. — According to the catalog of Galleries for skin mounts/naturalizations (Nouv. Cat. Gal.), would have lived at the Ménagerie of the Jardin des Plantes.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — No data.

Figures

FIG. 62. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1962-1113, non-type skin of Herpestes pulverulenta Wagner, 1839. Scale bar: 2 cm. Specimen number. Photography by Stephen Jackson. Credits: MNHN.

FIG. 63. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1962-1113, non-type skull of Herpestes pulverulenta Wagner, 1839. Scale bar: 10 cm. Photography by Stephen Jackson. Credits: MNHN.