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 Phalanger ornatus matabiru Flannery & Boeadi, 1995 Aust. Mammal. 18(1): 40, figs 2c, 3b; table 1. ( 21 December 1995 ). Common name . Blue-eyed Cuscus . Current name . Phalanger ornatus matabiru Flannery & Boeadi, 1995 . Groves (2005d) considered that the morphological differences warranted full species status; treated as a subspecies of P. ornatus ( Gray, 1860 ) by Helgen & Jackson (2015) . Holotype . M.23555 by original designation. Male adult, [Field no. FO236], skull ( Fig. 23 ), study skin, collected by T. F. Flannery and Boeadi, on 9 January 1991 ; registered 10 April 1991 . Condition . Cranium and dentaries complete, skin retained on the palate. Study skin complete and in good condition. Type locality . Original account states “Collected near Ayr (Creek) Tege Tege Village 0°50'N 127°20'E , elevation 400 m ”, Ternate Island , North Moluccas , North Maluku Province , Indonesia . Although latitude 0°50'N is given in the original description, 0°48'N given in Tim Flannery’s field note book appears to be more applicable. The holotype was collected from an area called “Ayr Tege Tege”, upslope from Ternate and not from a village (Tim Flannery, pers. comm. October 2015 ). Paratypes . (3, by original designation): M.23532 , subadult male; M.23533 , adult female and M.23534 , adult male: all study skins and skulls, same locality and collection dates as holotype . Comments . Type series of four specimens .