Eulemur macaco ( Linnaeus, 1766 )

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 : 420

Lemur macaco Linnaeus, 1766

Lemur macaco Linnaeus, 1766: 34 .

COMMON NAME. — Ring-tailed Lemur .

CURRENT NAME. — Eulemur macaco ( Linnaeus, 1766) .

See Groves (2005b: 115) and Schwitzer et al. (2013: 136).

COLLECTOR/S. — Three individuals donated by Jan Willem Janssens, Governor-General of the Cape Colony in South Africa ( Péron 1804a; Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1804c: 171; contra Girard 1856: 93 who mentioned Péron as its collector).

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Madagascar.

COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No specimen identified in MNHN collection. Three specimens were brought back alive to France on board Le Géographe (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1804c: 171; Girard 1856: 93). However, seven specimens were sent alive, and one dead ( Péron 1804a), so É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire could not establish the differences between the various taxa.

COMMENTS. — The lemur was alive, one of seven specimens donated by the Dutch Government in Cape Town, to François Péron unknown who the original source was ( Péron 1804a).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — No data.