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<taxonomicName ID-CoL="34QBQ" ID-ENA="65608" authority="Ramsay, 1883" authorityName="Ramsay" authorityYear="1883" box="[922,1384,1312,1339]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Dendrolagus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorianus">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[922,1384,1312,1339]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[922,1200,1312,1339]" italics="true" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">Dendrolagus dorianus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="Ramsay, E" box="[1207,1384,1312,1339]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" pagination="15 - 29" refId="ref142976" refString="Ramsay, E. P. 1883. Contributions to the zoology of New Guinea, Part VII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (series 1) 8 (1): 15 - 29, pl. 11." type="journal article" year="1883">Ramsay, 1883</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph blockId="54.[869,1412,1359,1381]" box="[869,1412,1359,1381]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">
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<emphasis box="[869,1167,1359,1380]" italics="true" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (ser. 1)</emphasis>
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8(1): 17. (
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<date box="[1268,1401,1359,1381]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" value="1883-06-19">19 June 1883</date>
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).
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<paragraph blockId="54.[839,1275,1402,1426]" box="[839,1275,1402,1426]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1013,1402,1426]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">Common name</emphasis>
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. Doria’s Tree-kangaroo.
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<paragraph blockId="54.[839,1465,1447,1501]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1011,1447,1472]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">Current name</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName authority="Ramsay, 1883" authorityName="Ramsay" authorityYear="1883" box="[1030,1461,1447,1472]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Dendrolagus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorianus">
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<emphasis box="[1030,1285,1447,1471]" italics="true" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">Dendrolagus dorianus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="Ramsay, E" box="[1297,1461,1448,1472]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" pagination="15 - 29" refId="ref142976" refString="Ramsay, E. P. 1883. Contributions to the zoology of New Guinea, Part VII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (series 1) 8 (1): 15 - 29, pl. 11." type="journal article" year="1883">Ramsay, 1883</bibRefCitation>
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; following
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<bibRefCitation author="Groves, C" box="[949,1121,1477,1501]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" pagination="43 - 70" refId="ref132170" refString="Groves, C. P. 2005 d. Order Diprotodontia. In Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, pp. 43 - 70. Baltimore, USA: The Johns Hopkins University Press." type="book chapter" year="2005">Groves (2005d)</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<paragraph blockId="54.[837,1468,1522,1928]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,955,1522,1546]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">
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?
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<typeStatus box="[850,955,1522,1546]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">Syntypes</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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. (3):
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1021,1093,1522,1546]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">M.792</emphasis>
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(not located), sex unknown, skin mount without skull according to
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<bibRefCitation author="Waite, E" box="[1207,1350,1551,1575]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" pagination="85 - 87" refId="ref148749" refString="Waite, E. R. 1895. The skull of Dendrolagus dorianus, Ramsay. Records of the Australian Museum 2 (6): 85 - 87, pl. xviii - xix. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.2.1895.1201" type="journal article" year="1895">Waite (1895)</bibRefCitation>
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, originally entered in register as “
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<taxonomicName authority="Parnaby & Ingleby & Divljan, 2017" authorityName="Parnaby & Ingleby & Divljan" authorityYear="2017" box="[1105,1250,1581,1605]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Dendrolagus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">Dendrolagus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1261,1351,1581,1604]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Astrolabe Range, N.
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<collectingCountry box="[953,1033,1610,1634]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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, Purchased, Burns Philp Co.”, registered
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<date box="[839,1029,1639,1664]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" value="1892-12-08">8 December 1892</date>
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. This specimen was registered at the same time as M.788–91, also listed as purchased from Burns Philp Co. (two
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<taxonomicName authority="Thomas, 1895" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1895" box="[1008,1462,1698,1722]" class="Mammalia" family="Phalangeridae" genus="Phalanger" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="intercastellanus">
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<emphasis box="[1008,1298,1698,1722]" italics="true" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">Phalanger intercastellanus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="Thomas, O" box="[1305,1462,1698,1722]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" pagination="163 - 166" refId="ref145603" refString="Thomas, O. 1895. On some mammals collected by Mr. Albert Meek on Fergusson Island, d'Entrecasteaux Group. Novitates Zoologicae 2: 163 - 166." type="journal article" year="1895">Thomas, 1895</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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; one
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<taxonomicName authority="(Miklouho-Maclay, 1885 c)" baseAuthorityName="Miklouho-Maclay" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[885,1421,1727,1751]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Dorcopsulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleayi">
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<emphasis box="[885,1124,1727,1751]" italics="true" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">Dorcopsulus macleayi</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Miklouho-Maclay, N" box="[1138,1413,1727,1751]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" pagination="145 - 150" refId="ref139191" refString="Miklouho-Maclay, N. d. 1885 c. On two new species of Dorcopsis from the south coast of New Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (series 1) 10 (1): 145 - 150, pl. 20." type="journal article" year="1885">Miklouho-Maclay, 1885c</bibRefCitation>
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)
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and one
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<taxonomicName authority="(D'Albertis, 1873))" baseAuthorityName="D'Albertis" baseAuthorityYear="1873" box="[888,1327,1757,1781]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Dorcopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="luctuosa">
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<emphasis box="[888,1099,1757,1781]" italics="true" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">Dorcopsis luctuosa</emphasis>
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(D’Albertis, 1873))
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<specimenCount box="[1331,1378,1755,1781]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" type="generic">
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<superScript attach="left" box="[1331,1339,1755,1769]" fontSize="6" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">1</superScript>
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M.
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792 has not been located in the collection;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1237,1324,1786,1810]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">M.1048</emphasis>
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, adult male, skull, study skin, the skull having been extracted by Waite;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,927,1845,1869]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">M.1049</emphasis>
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, sub-adult male, skin, headless, no skull; both “Astrolabe Range, New
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<collectingCountry box="[1103,1182,1874,1898]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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” both registered in
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<date pageId="54" pageNumber="331" value="1896-03">March 1896</date>
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, “Purchased, O.C. (= old collection), Burns Philp and
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="54.[213,1444,2000,2052]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">
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<superScript attach="left" box="[213,220,2000,2014]" fontSize="6" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">1</superScript>
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<bibRefCitation author="D'Albertis, L" box="[234,405,2003,2025]" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" pagination="110" refId="ref126819" refString="D'Albertis, L. M. 1874. Letter from Mr D'Albertis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 42 (1874): 110." type="journal article" year="1874">D’Albertis (1874)</bibRefCitation>
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is the usual citation but is predated by his overlooked but more detailed newspaper account (D’Albertis, 1873) of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="D'Albertis" authorityYear="1874" box="[260,472,2030,2051]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="54" pageNumber="331" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="luctuosus">
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<emphasis box="[260,472,2030,2051]" italics="true" pageId="54" pageNumber="331">Halmaturus luctuosus</emphasis>
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which includes external measurements, body weight and a detailed description of fur colour.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="55.[121,749,151,234]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Co.” Comments column of register states: “see M.788 etc., not registered when received and in indifferent condition, signed ERW”.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="55.[119,749,255,397]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,232,255,279]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Condition</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[242,312,255,279]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">M.792</emphasis>
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, unknown, not found;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[538,621,255,279]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">M.1048</emphasis>
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, incomplete cranium, missing occipital area and right zygomatic arch; damaged flat skin, bald patches on dorsum of head, back and tail base;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[215,299,343,367]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">M.1049</emphasis>
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, damaged and incomplete flat skin, missing head, right pes detached; bald patches on dorsal tail base.
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<subSubSection pageId="55" pageNumber="332" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="55.[119,751,418,1967]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,244,418,442]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Comments</emphasis>
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.
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<materialsCitation collectionCode="AM" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" specimenCount="1">
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It is generally assumed that Ramsay based his description solely on
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<specimenCount box="[344,514,447,471]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
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that were originally in William Macleay’s private collection and now in the MMUS (e.g.,
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<bibRefCitation author="Groves, C" box="[180,321,506,530]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" pagination="157 - 186" refId="ref131973" refString="Groves, C. P. 1982. The systematics of tree kangaroos (Dendrolagus: Marsupialia, Macropodidae). Australian Mammalogy 5 (3): 157 - 186." type="journal article" year="1982">Groves 1982</bibRefCitation>
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). For reasons outlined below, we suspect that Ramsay might have founded this species on additional specimens then in Goldie’s collection, but acquired by the
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<collectionCode box="[121,164,594,618]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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in the 1890s, that include the above listed
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<collectionCode box="[606,649,594,618]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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material, previously regarded as topotypes. However, a further search of archival material is required to confirm this
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="55.[119,751,418,1967]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">
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Ramsay provided a description and measurements for an adult male skin and skull, and mentioned an adult female and a young animal of unstated sex. He remarked that the skull was badly corroded by storage in brine which prevented him from taking detailed measurements. Ramsay does not indicate the number of specimens examined but there were at least three, given that he stated that a hunter gave
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<specimenCount pageId="55" pageNumber="332" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
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to Goldie. Miklouho-Maclay (1885d) stated that Ramsay had informed him that the
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of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ramsay" authorityYear="1883" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Dendrolagus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorianus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">D. dorianus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in Macleay’s collection had been used in his species description. Miklouho-Maclay (1885d) provided tail and body length measurements from skin mounts of an adult male and female, and a young male; significantly, he expressed regret at not being able to provide any description of dentition beyond that available from teeth visible in a stuffed skin, i.e. he did not have a skull. Miklouho-Maclay emphatically stated that, “as far as he knew”, Macleay’s specimens were the only specimens in existence.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="55.[119,751,418,1967]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">
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<bibRefCitation author="Waite, E" box="[151,289,1210,1234]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" pagination="85 - 87" refId="ref148749" refString="Waite, E. R. 1895. The skull of Dendrolagus dorianus, Ramsay. Records of the Australian Museum 2 (6): 85 - 87, pl. xviii - xix. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.2.1895.1201" type="journal article" year="1895">Waite (1895)</bibRefCitation>
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gave a detailed description and illustrations of the skull of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ramsay" authorityYear="1883" box="[270,395,1239,1263]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Dendrolagus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorianus">
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<emphasis box="[270,395,1239,1263]" italics="true" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">D. dorianus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and stated that a single skull was available. He believed that this and other skins in the AM were topotypes, based on the remarks of Miklouho-Maclay (1885d). Waite indicated that he had found three skins. The first was a skin mount; most likely M.792, as revealed by his initialed remark in the M Register: “this is the specimen referred to in my paper”. He stated that he subsequently found two additional skins, one headless, and “the other contained the skull”. Annotations in the M Register initialed by Waite, and the AM “V” register of photographic negatives (negatives
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<date box="[121,197,1533,1557]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" value="1533-05">V.1533</date>
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–35) indicate that Waite’s skull drawings were based on photographs of M.1048. We conclude that the headless skin is M.1049, the remaining specimen registered at that time.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="55.[119,751,418,1967]" lastBlockId="55.[792,1423,151,1437]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1883-03" collectingDateMax="1892-12" collectingDateMin="1883-03" collectionCode="AM" collectorName="Astrolabe Range. M. & M Register & Burns Philp & Co & Goldie's & Goldie & Mullins & Bellamy & The" country="Guinea-Bissau" location="Robert Philp of Burns Philp" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" specimenCount="3">
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We suggest that it is possible that the
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<specimenCount box="[575,748,1621,1645]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
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registered in the
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<collectionCode box="[311,354,1650,1674]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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were available to Ramsay prior to publication of the taxon. All were from a small consignment of mammals from
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<collectorName box="[319,543,1709,1733]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Astrolabe Range. M.</collectorName>
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792 was registered in
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<date box="[150,323,1738,1762]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" value="1892-12">
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<collectingDate box="[150,323,1738,1762]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" value="1892-12">December 1892</collectingDate>
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</date>
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, before Waite’s employment at the
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<collectionCode box="[700,746,1738,1762]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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. Waite subsequently registered M.1048–
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<quantity box="[534,587,1767,1792]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2446" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" unit="in" value="49.0">49 in</quantity>
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1896, noting in the
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<collectorName box="[158,276,1797,1821]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">M Register</collectorName>
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that they belonged to an initial consignment “not registered when received and in indifferent condition, signed ERW”. Consequently, although registered in 1892 as purchased from Burns Philp Co (who were agents for Goldie’s material), one possibility is that Ramsay examined, but not necessarily purchased, the
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<specimenCount box="[494,666,1943,1967]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
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around 1882 or 1883 when Ramsay purchased a large collection of New
|
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<collectingCountry box="[889,968,181,205]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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material from Goldie, sold through his agents the Mason Brothers. Although over a thousand bird specimens (the “Mason Brothers collection”) were registered in
|
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<date box="[819,950,269,293]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" value="1883-03">
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<collectingDate box="[819,950,269,293]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" value="1883-03">March 1883</collectingDate>
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</date>
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, not all mammal material was purchased as it was considered to be in poor condition. The comments in the
|
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<collectorName box="[792,909,327,351]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">M Register</collectorName>
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regarding material obtained in 1892 against both the
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ramsay" authorityYear="1883" box="[834,929,357,381]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Dendrolagus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorianus">
|
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<emphasis box="[834,929,357,381]" italics="true" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">dorianus</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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and other mammal specimens “not registered when received and in indifferent condition” would fit this scenario. Alternatively, the
|
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<specimenCount box="[1106,1285,415,439]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
might have been purchased by the
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1043,1086,445,469]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
|
||
in 1892 from
|
||
<collectorName box="[1246,1374,445,469]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Burns Philp</collectorName>
|
||
and
|
||
<collectorName box="[795,826,474,498]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Co</collectorName>
|
||
as implied in the
|
||
<collectorName box="[1012,1132,474,498]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">M Register</collectorName>
|
||
, perhaps as part of
|
||
<collectorName box="[1332,1422,474,498]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Goldie’s</collectorName>
|
||
estate.
|
||
<collectorName box="[867,940,503,527]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Goldie</collectorName>
|
||
died in
|
||
<date box="[1024,1195,503,528]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" value="1891-11">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[1024,1195,503,528]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" value="1891-11">November 1891</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectorName box="[1209,1294,503,527]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Mullins</collectorName>
|
||
&
|
||
<collectorName box="[1326,1417,503,527]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Bellamy</collectorName>
|
||
, 2012) and in 1885 had named
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF8F73021BA8FACBFB0992A1:8EAB6005FF8E73021C53FDFEFA589511" box="[1121,1421,533,557]" country="Guinea-Bissau" name="Robert Philp of Burns Philp" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Robert Philp of Burns Philp</location>
|
||
to act as executor to his will (
|
||
<collectorName box="[1097,1182,562,586]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Mullins</collectorName>
|
||
&
|
||
<collectorName box="[1213,1304,562,586]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Bellamy</collectorName>
|
||
, 2012: 32).
|
||
<collectorName box="[792,834,591,615]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">The</collectorName>
|
||
unpublished report of
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Ramsay, E" box="[1091,1258,592,616]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" refId="ref143428" refString="Ramsay, E. P. 1892. Curators Report No. 2. Sydney: Australian Museum. [Unpublished report to Trustees, AM Archives AMS 024]." type="book" year="1892">Ramsay (1892)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
recommended purchase of material from
|
||
<collectorName box="[1102,1196,621,645]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">Goldie’s</collectorName>
|
||
collection, but that document does not specify species
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="55.[792,1423,151,1437]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Ramsay, E" box="[824,995,680,704]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" pagination="15 - 29" refId="ref142976" refString="Ramsay, E. P. 1883. Contributions to the zoology of New Guinea, Part VII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (series 1) 8 (1): 15 - 29, pl. 11." type="journal article" year="1883">Ramsay (1883)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
states that his material was from the Astrolabe Ranges, but he does not state the collection or collections in which these were housed. His statement “
|
||
<specimenCount pageId="55" pageNumber="332" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
were brought to Mr Goldie” has subsequently been taken to mean a
|
||
<typeStatus box="[957,1002,797,821]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series of only
|
||
<specimenCount box="[1148,1317,797,821]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
. However this assumption is unwarranted given that a number of bird taxa described by Ramsay are now known to be based on a larger number of specimens than was alluded to in his original descriptions (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="McAllan, I. A" box="[934,1100,914,938]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" pagination="31 - 43" refId="ref138491" refString="McAllan, I. A. W. 2016. On some types of birds (Aves) from the Solomon Islands named by Edward Pierson Ramsay. Records of the Australian Museum 68 (1): 31 - 43. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 2201 - 4349.68.2016.1642" type="journal article" year="2016">McAllan, 2016</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). If this was the case, it raises the possibility that Ramsay’s original skull description was based on a skull from the now missingAM skin mount M.792, the skull of which was not known to
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Waite, E" box="[1189,1328,1002,1026]" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" pagination="85 - 87" refId="ref148749" refString="Waite, E. R. 1895. The skull of Dendrolagus dorianus, Ramsay. Records of the Australian Museum 2 (6): 85 - 87, pl. xviii - xix. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.2.1895.1201" type="journal article" year="1895">Waite (1895)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and had possibly disintegrated in view of Ramsay’s statement that the skull was much corroded by brine.An alternative explanation is that the damaged skull described by Ramsay was placed in the skin mount prepared from a brine skin, which is now the adult male specimen M.
|
||
<quantity box="[1050,1120,1149,1173]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5758" pageId="55" pageNumber="332" unit="in" value="377.0">377 in</quantity>
|
||
the MMUS. That specimen either does not contain a skull, or has an incomplete skull augmented with a filler such as plaster of paris (Dr Jude Philp, Macleay Museum, pers. comm. 2015). It would seem that Ramsay either based his skull description on that specimen, or a then unregistered specimen in Goldie’s collection. However, it seems incongruous that the only known prepared skull of the newly described species would be placed back in a skin mount, unless the skull was deemed to be so degraded that such an action would not be seen as a loss.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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</treatment>
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