Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
Author
Parnaby, Harry E.
Author
Ingleby, Sandy
Author
Divljan, Anja
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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
.