Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney Author Parnaby, Harry E. Author Ingleby, Sandy Author Divljan, Anja text Records of the Australian Museum 2017 2017-10-06 69 5 277 420 http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653 journal article 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653 2201-4349 5237800 68F315FF-3FEB-410E-96EC-5F494510F440 Potorous tridactylus benormi Courtney, 1963a Aust. Aviculture 17 (2): 19. (February) and 17 (6): 92. ( June 1963 ). Common name . Long-nosed Potoroo. Current name . Potorous tridactylus apicalis ( Gould, 1851 ) , following Eldridge & Frankham (2015). Holotype . M.8319 by original designation. Male, skull ( Fig. 26 ), study skin, skinned body in alc., collected on 3 September 1962 , by B. C. Heddle, donated by John Courtney. Died in captivity on 10 February 1963 , registered 21 February 1963 . Condition . Cranium and both dentaries complete. Whole study skin with scrotum. Testes in alc. Cranial measurements (mm) . M.8319: GL, 81.37; ConL, 76.12; BasL, 70.97; NasL, 36.04; NasB, 7.22; UC1–C1 (alv.), 10.37; DIL, 14.04; APV, —; PPV, —; PAL, —; UPM (alv.), 5.61; UMR (alv.), 15.75; ZB, 39.37; POC, 15.8; BUL, 8.49; MB, 28.09; DL (condyl.), 49.51; LPM (alv.), 5.01; LMR (alv.), 15.45. Type locality . Camp Creek, ½ mile north of Currie, King Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania Australia . Paratype . M.8373 by original designation. Female, skull, study skin, same details as holotype . Died in captivity on 8 March 1963 , registered August 1963 . Comments . Description based on two specimens . The initial description published in February ( Courtney, 1963b ), was corrected and extended ( Courtney, 1963a ). Subspecies of P. tridactylus were examined in the gene sequencing study of Frankham et al. (2012) . Subsequent analysis of mitochondrial DNA indicates that the King Island population groups with the Tasmanian lineage (G. Frankham, pers. comm. July 2015 ).