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
Author
Jackson, Stephen M.
Vertebrate Pest Research Unit, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange Agricultural Institute, 1447 Forest Road, Orange, New South Wales 2800 (Australia) and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052 (Australia) and Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013 - 7012 (United States of America) and Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2010 (Australia) stephen. jackson @ dpi. nsw. gov. au
stephen.jackson@dpi.nsw.gov
Author
Jansen, Justin J. F. J.
Honorary Research Associate, Department of Vertebrates, Naturalis Biodiversity Center P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden (The Netherlands)
justin.jansen@naturalis.nl
Author
Baglione, Gabrielle
Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, Ville du Havre, Place du Vieux Marché, F- 76600 Le Havre (France) gabrielle. baglione @ lehavre. fr
gabrielle.baglione@lehavre.fr
Author
Callou, Cécile
Archéozoologie, archéobotanique: sociétés, pratiques et environnements (AASPE), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Case postale 55, 57 rue Cuvier F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) cecile. callou @ mnhn. fr
cecile.callou@mnhn.fr
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Zoosystema
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2021-07-22
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Lemur macaco variegatus
Kerr, 1792
(
Figs 137-142
)
Lemur macaco variegatus
Kerr, 1792: 86
.
COMMON NAME. — Black-and-White Ruffed
Lemur
.
CURRENT NAME. —
Varecia variegata
(
Kerr, 1792
)
.
See
Groves (2005b: 117)
and
Schwitzer
et al.
(2013: 140)
.
COLLECTOR/S. — Appears to have been initially collected by Pieter Heinrich Polemann [1779-1839] and provided to the Baudin expedition (
Péron 1804a
). Specimens were obtained on Île de
France
(
Mauritius
), including two by François Péron, one by Jacques Milbert, and one by Nicolas-Martin Petit.
COLLECTION LOCALITY. —
Madagascar
.
COLLECTION DATE. — Before
16 December 1803
.
SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No specimen identified in MNHN collection. Four specimens were taken back to
France
alive on
Le Géographe
after being purchased at Île de
France
(
Mauritius
) (
Jangoux
et al.
2010: 269
, 277).
ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80180v, 80184 and 80192r (
Figs 137-139
; one living animal) (
Baglione & Crémière 2009: 365
), Inv. no. 80176 and 80180r (
Figs 140
;
141
; two livings animals) (
Baglione & Crémière 2009: 364-365
), and Inv. no. 80183 (
Fig. 142
; sketch of three living animals).