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<taxonomicName authority="Krefft, 1871 a" authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[931,1375,885,912]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[931,1375,885,912]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[931,1200,885,912]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Halmaturus mastersii</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="Krefft, G" box="[1208,1375,885,912]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" refId="ref135881" refString="Krefft, G. 1871 a. The Mammals of Australia. Illustrated by Harriett Scott and Helena Forde for the Council of Education; with a short account of all the species hitherto described. Sydney: Government Printer. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 132957" type="book" year="1871">Krefft, 1871a</bibRefCitation>
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</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="58.[869,1437,932,981]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">
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<emphasis box="[869,1125,932,953]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">
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The Mammals of
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<collectingCountry box="[1036,1125,932,953]" name="Australia" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Australia</collectingCountry>
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</emphasis>
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, footnote to text following plate of Black-striped Wallaby (preface date October 28).
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<paragraph blockId="58.[839,1207,1002,1026]" box="[839,1207,1002,1026]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1013,1002,1026]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Common name</emphasis>
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. Swamp Wallaby.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="58.[839,1471,1047,1218]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1000,1047,1072]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Current name</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName authority="(Krefft, 1871 a)" baseAuthorityName="Krefft" baseAuthorityYear="1871" box="[1013,1462,1047,1072]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Wallabia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="bicolor" subSpecies="mastersii">
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<emphasis box="[1013,1295,1047,1071]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Wallabia bicolor mastersii</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Krefft, G" box="[1308,1454,1047,1072]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" refId="ref135881" refString="Krefft, G. 1871 a. The Mammals of Australia. Illustrated by Harriett Scott and Helena Forde for the Council of Education; with a short account of all the species hitherto described. Sydney: Government Printer. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 132957" type="book" year="1871">Krefft, 1871a</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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, following Jackson & Groves (2015). Status unresolved, variously recognized as a subspecies, or a synonym of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">W. b.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="(Desmarest, 1804)" baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1804" box="[868,1154,1135,1160]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Wallabia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bicolor">
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<emphasis box="[868,945,1135,1159]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">bicolor</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Desmarest, A" box="[962,1147,1136,1160]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" refId="ref126989" refString="Desmarest, A. G. 1804. Kanguroo ou Kangurou. In Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire naturelle, appliquee aux arts, principalement a l'agriculture, a l'economie rurale et domestique: par une societe de naturalistes et d ' agricltureurs: avec des figures tirees des trois regnes de la nature. Volume 12. First Edition, ed. C. S. Sonnini, pp. 354 - 358. Paris: Deterville." type="book" year="1804">Desmarest, 1804</bibRefCitation>
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)
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and the taxonomic status of names assigned to
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<emphasis box="[1047,1159,1165,1189]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">W. bicolor</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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need re-evaluation (Jackson & Groves, 2015).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="58.[839,1469,1239,1440]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,850,1239,1263]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">?</emphasis>
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<materialsCitation collectionCode="AM" collectorName="P Register" location="Queensland" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Queensland" typeStatus="syntype">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[850,955,1239,1263]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">
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<typeStatus box="[850,955,1239,1263]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Syntypes</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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. (2).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1011,1092,1239,1263]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">PA.994</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1142,1223,1239,1263]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">PA.995</emphasis>
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, both skulls, each with dentaries wired to cranium, both with “
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<taxonomicName box="[1237,1457,1269,1293]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersi">Halmaturus mastersi</taxonomicName>
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” written in old ink on the dorsal surface in the same hand. Both specimens were originally entered by Palmer in the
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<collectorName pageId="58" pageNumber="335">P Register</collectorName>
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in c. 1879 as “
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[1091,1321,1357,1381]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">Halmaturus mastersii</taxonomicName>
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<collectingRegion box="[1329,1457,1357,1381]" country="Australia" name="Queensland" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Queensland</collectingRegion>
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” but without donor, collector or any other data, and both are currently in the
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<collectionCode box="[1007,1050,1416,1440]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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Collection
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="58.[839,1466,1461,1514]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,953,1461,1485]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Condition</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[967,1048,1461,1485]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">PA.994</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1101,1191,1461,1485]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">PA.995:</emphasis>
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both crania and dentaries in good condition, all teeth intact.
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<paragraph blockId="58.[837,1473,1535,2000]" lastBlockId="59.[120,749,150,352]" lastPageId="59" lastPageNumber="336" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1017,1535,1559]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Other potential</emphasis>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1865-05" collectingDateMax="2015-04" collectingDateMin="1865-05" collectionCode="AM" collectorName="Letters Received, C" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" lastPageId="59" lastPageNumber="336" location="Palmer" municipality="Masters" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="syntype">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1025,1123,1536,1560]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">
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<typeStatus box="[1025,1123,1536,1560]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">syntypes</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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. The following
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<specimenCount box="[1301,1466,1535,1559]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" type="generic">nine specimens</specimenCount>
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were originally entered by
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF83730F1C69F9F6FB709109" box="[1115,1189,1565,1589]" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" municipality="Masters" name="Palmer" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Palmer</location>
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in the
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF83730F1CD5F9F6FA589109" box="[1255,1421,1565,1589]" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" municipality="Masters" name="Palmer Register" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Palmer Register</location>
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in c. 1879 as “
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[933,1161,1594,1618]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">Halmaturus mastersii</taxonomicName>
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Queensland” without donor, collector or any other data, only four of which, PA.992–995, are known to be currently in the
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<collectionCode box="[1199,1242,1653,1677]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF83730F1CD0F99EFA8091B1" box="[1250,1365,1653,1677]" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" municipality="Masters" name="Collection" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Collection</location>
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:
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1382,1459,1653,1677]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">PA.988</emphasis>
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, male, skin mount, not located in collection or sighted in recent inventories;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1042,1123,1711,1735]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">PA.989</emphasis>
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, skin mount, destroyed by order of the
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF83730F1BA1F926FC3B91D8" box="[915,1006,1741,1764]" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" municipality="Masters" name="Trustees" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Trustees</location>
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in 1901;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1120,1201,1741,1765]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">PA.990</emphasis>
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, (skin mount?), sent to
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF83730F1B75F901FBEF903E" box="[839,1082,1770,1794]" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" municipality="Masters" name="Christchurch Museum" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Christchurch Museum</location>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[1096,1245,1770,1794]" name="New Zealand" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
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, exchanged
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<date pageId="58" pageNumber="335" value="1906-05-23">
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<collectingDate pageId="58" pageNumber="335" value="1906-05-23">23 May 1906</collectingDate>
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</date>
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;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[905,985,1799,1823]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">PA.991</emphasis>
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, skin mount, sent to
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF83730F1C82F8E3FAEA9023" box="[1200,1343,1799,1824]" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" municipality="Masters" name="St Petersburg" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">St Petersburg</location>
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, exchanged 1901;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[907,988,1829,1853]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">PA.992</emphasis>
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, one pouched young in alc., sighted in
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<date pageId="58" pageNumber="335" value="2015-04">
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<collectingDate pageId="58" pageNumber="335" value="2015-04">April 2015</collectingDate>
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</date>
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;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[907,987,1858,1882]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">PA.993</emphasis>
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, one pouched young in alc., sighted in
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<date pageId="58" pageNumber="335" value="2015-04">
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<collectingDate pageId="58" pageNumber="335" value="2015-04">April 2015</collectingDate>
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</date>
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[911,1012,1887,1911]" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">PA.993½</emphasis>
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“skeleton”, re-registered as M.
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<quantity box="[1366,1466,1887,1911]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.88163" pageId="58" pageNumber="335" unit="in" value="11345.0">11345 in</quantity>
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1980, not sighted in the collection in 2014 or in previous inventories (presumed stolen).
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF83730F1CA0F871FB66908E" box="[1170,1203,1946,1970]" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" municipality="Masters" name="An" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">An</location>
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annotation “C.40.65” in old ink writing against
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF83730F1C0DF85CFB4D90F3" box="[1087,1176,1975,1999]" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" municipality="Masters" name="Register" pageId="58" pageNumber="335">Register</location>
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entries of both PA.993 and PA.993½ refers to
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<collectionCode box="[330,373,152,176]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF82730E194CFF7CFE019793" box="[382,468,151,175]" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" municipality="Masters" name="Archive" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Archive</location>
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document AMS7
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<collectorName pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Letters Received, C</collectorName>
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:40.65.05.
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF82730E195EFF5EFE4E97F1" box="[364,411,181,205]" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" municipality="Masters" name="This" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">This</location>
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is a letter from
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF82730E1A76FF5EFD3997F0" box="[580,748,181,205]" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" municipality="Masters" name="George Masters" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">George Masters</location>
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to
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF82730E18A7FF39FF0297D6" box="[149,215,210,234]" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" municipality="Masters" name="Krefft" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Krefft</location>
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, dated
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<date box="[291,400,210,235]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" value="1865-05">
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<collectingDate box="[291,400,210,235]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" value="1865-05">May 1865</collectingDate>
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</date>
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from
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF82730E19E0FF39FDFC97D6" box="[466,553,210,234]" country="New Zealand" county="Pine Mountains" municipality="Masters" name="Ipswich" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Ipswich</location>
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, in which
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<collectingMunicipality box="[664,748,211,234]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Masters</collectingMunicipality>
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states that he has just come from
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<collectingCounty box="[472,640,239,263]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Pine Mountains</collectingCounty>
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(Qld) and that he had obtained “another new wallaby”, of which he preserved a skeleton of an adult female with one pouched young, preserved in spirits
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</materialsCitation>
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.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="59.[119,749,367,685]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,444,367,392]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Cranial measurements (mm)</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[455,544,367,391]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">PA.994:</emphasis>
|
||
GL, 124.80; ConL, 119.74; BasL, 113.43; NasL, 44.55* (nasal tips worn); NasB, 20.04; DIL, 23.05; APV, 6.40; PPV, 15.59; PAL, 73.85; UPM (alv.), 8.64; UMR (alv.), 30.80; ZB, 66.29; POC, 14.32; MB, 48.58* (left distal tip broken); DL (condyl.), 88.46; LPM (alv.), 6.85; LMR (alv.), 30.16.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[451,540,514,538]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">PA.995:</emphasis>
|
||
GL, 129.26; ConL, 122.81; BasL, 117.37; NasL, 45.66* (nasal tips worn); NasB, 21.01; DIL, 23.78; APV, 8.28; PPV, 15.62; PAL, 75.10; UPM (alv.), 8.05; UMR (alv.), 30.53; ZB, 67.48; POC, 18.56; MB, 50.05; DL (condyl.), 95.64; LPM (alv.), 6.96; LMR (alv.), 29.25. [* = estimate].
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="59" pageNumber="336" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="59.[121,749,698,781]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,266,698,722]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Type locality</emphasis>
|
||
. “Occurs in some of the
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[531,657,698,722]" country="Australia" name="Queensland" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Queensland</collectingRegion>
|
||
districts at the Burnett and other rivers” (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Krefft, G" box="[480,630,727,752]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" refId="ref135881" refString="Krefft, G. 1871 a. The Mammals of Australia. Illustrated by Harriett Scott and Helena Forde for the Council of Education; with a short account of all the species hitherto described. Sydney: Government Printer. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 132957" type="book" year="1871">Krefft, 1871a</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: text page, opposite plate of The Black-striped Wallaby), Qld,
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[645,745,757,781]" name="Australia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="59" pageNumber="336" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="59.[119,751,797,1965]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,243,797,821]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Comments</emphasis>
|
||
. The first valid publication of the name
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[652,749,798,821]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[652,749,798,821]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">mastersii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was by
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Krefft, G" box="[203,358,826,850]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" refId="ref135881" refString="Krefft, G. 1871 a. The Mammals of Australia. Illustrated by Harriett Scott and Helena Forde for the Council of Education; with a short account of all the species hitherto described. Sydney: Government Printer. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 132957" type="book" year="1871">Krefft (1871a)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, but his most detailed account of fur colour and dentition appeared in a newspaper account (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Krefft, G" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" pagination="2" refId="ref136326" refString="Krefft, G. 1872 f. Natural History. The kangaroo tribe - (continued). The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (new series) XIV (633): 201, col. 2, 17 August." type="journal article" year="1872">Krefft, 1872f</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), in which he expressed his belief that
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[597,695,886,909]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[597,695,886,909]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">mastersii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
only occurred in the “Maryborough district” of Qld.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="59.[119,751,797,1965]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">
|
||
<materialsCitation collectionCode="AM" collectorName="George Masters" country="Australia" location="Burnett River district" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" specimenCount="2" typeStatus="syntype">
|
||
The specimens used by Krefft as the basis of this taxon have not been determined. Some or all of the above listed specimens probably qualify as
|
||
<typeStatus box="[448,541,1003,1027]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
but further archival work at the
|
||
<collectionCode box="[261,304,1032,1056]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
|
||
and in overseas institutions is needed to decide which might qualify. A broad interpretation of
|
||
<typeStatus box="[121,214,1091,1115]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
would include any material assigned to this taxon by Krefft, from the
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF82730E1972FB8BFDC9934B" box="[320,540,1119,1143]" country="Australia" name="Burnett River district" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Burnett River district</location>
|
||
and other localities, collected by
|
||
<collectorName box="[259,429,1149,1173]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">George Masters</collectorName>
|
||
and possibly others, between about 1865 until the first valid publication of the name in
|
||
<emphasis box="[121,359,1207,1232]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">
|
||
Mammals of
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[260,359,1207,1231]" name="Australia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
in 1871
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="59.[119,751,797,1965]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">
|
||
The
|
||
<specimenCount box="[199,362,1237,1261]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" type="generic">nine specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
listed above were originally entered as
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[153,287,1267,1290]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[153,287,1267,1290]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">H. mastersii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the Palmer Register c. 1878 and were almost certainly specimens seen by Krefft and identified by him as
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[230,328,1326,1349]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[230,328,1326,1349]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">mastersii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Given that Krefft was probably denied access to the collections following his forced eviction from the Museum premises in
|
||
<date box="[450,628,1383,1408]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" value="1874-09">September 1874</date>
|
||
, we cannot discount the possibility that some of these specimens were added to the collection during the three remaining years of his curatorship following publication of
|
||
<emphasis box="[505,740,1471,1496]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">
|
||
Mammals of
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[641,740,1471,1495]" name="Australia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
. During that period no additional specimens were listed in the AM Annual reports or newspaper reports of donations to the AM, but those documents might not have included purchased specimens. Ramsay commenced duties soon after Krefft’s eviction and some of the Palmer specimens could have been added to the collection during the first 3–5 years of his curatorship before Palmer registered the
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[650,748,1678,1701]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[650,748,1678,1701]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">mastersii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
material. Ramsay commenced the A Register in
|
||
<date pageId="59" pageNumber="336" value="1875-01">January 1875</date>
|
||
but items were not assigned a registration number until A.
|
||
<quantity box="[148,188,1765,1789]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
|
||
<date box="[196,310,1765,1789]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" value="1877-06">June 1877</date>
|
||
. We have not found any entries in the A Register for
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[249,347,1795,1818]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[249,347,1795,1818]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">mastersii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, or any “
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[442,680,1794,1818]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ualabatus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[442,680,1794,1818]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Halmaturus ualabatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
” from Qld from
|
||
<date box="[226,369,1823,1848]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" value="1875-01">January 1875</date>
|
||
to the end of 1879.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="59.[119,751,797,1965]" lastBlockId="59.[792,1423,152,1965]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">
|
||
<materialsCitation collectionCode="BMNH" collectorName="Specimens & Krefft" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="syntype">
|
||
<collectorName box="[151,264,1853,1877]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Specimens</collectorName>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[294,519,1853,1877]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[294,519,1853,1877]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Halmaturus mastersii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sent by
|
||
<collectorName box="[603,665,1853,1877]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Krefft</collectorName>
|
||
to other institutions are also likely to qualify as
|
||
<typeStatus box="[541,637,1883,1907]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
, including material sent to the
|
||
<collectionCode box="[320,399,1912,1935]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation box="[403,623,1911,1935]" collectionCode="ZMB" collectorName="Peters" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="syntype">
|
||
and to
|
||
<collectorName box="[471,535,1912,1935]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Peters</collectorName>
|
||
at
|
||
<collectionCode box="[563,623,1912,1935]" country="Germany" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8syf-d21i" name="Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" type="Museum">ZMB</collectionCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<materialsCitation collectionCode="AM" location="Berlin" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Berlin" typeStatus="syntype">
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[631,700,1911,1935]" country="Germany" name="Berlin" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Berlin</collectingRegion>
|
||
. The
|
||
<collectionCode box="[119,162,1941,1965]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation collectionCode="AM" location="Royal Museum" municipality="Dr Peters" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Berlin" typeStatus="syntype">
|
||
annual report for 1871 (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Krefft, G" box="[412,556,1941,1965]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" pagination="6" refId="ref136370" refString="Krefft, G. 1872 g. Appendix 4, Specimens sent in exchange during the year 1871. In Report of the Trustee's of the Australian Museum for the year ending 31 of December, 1872, page 6. Sydney, NSW: Thomas Richards, Government Printer." type="book chapter" year="1872">
|
||
Krefft,
|
||
<quantity box="[488,556,1941,1965]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="kg" metricValue="1.8719999999999999" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" unit="g" value="1872.0">1872g</quantity>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) lists “4 wallabies (
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[803,1048,152,176]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ualabatus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[803,1048,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Halmaturus ualabatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[1108,1346,152,176]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1108,1346,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Halmaturus mastersii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
)” sent to
|
||
<collectingMunicipality box="[825,931,181,204]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Dr Peters</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
,
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FF83730E1B91FC9EFB979091:8EAB6005FF82730E1B83FF5EFB8E97F0" box="[945,1115,181,205]" municipality="Dr Peters" name="Royal Museum" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" stateProvince="Berlin">Royal Museum</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[1130,1197,181,205]" country="Germany" name="Berlin" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Berlin</collectingRegion>
|
||
and the
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1297,1340,181,205]" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
annual report for 1872 (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Krefft, G" box="[969,1114,210,234]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" pagination="5 - 6" refId="ref136548" refString="Krefft, G. 1873 a. Appendix 4, Specimens sent in exchange during the year 1872. In Report of the Trustee's of the Australian Museum for the year ending 31 of December, 1872, pp. 5 - 6. Sydney, NSW: Thomas Richards, Government Printer." type="journal article" year="1873">Krefft, 1873a</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) lists 3 skulls and 1 skeleton of “
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[834,1066,240,264]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[834,1066,240,264]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Halmaturus mastersii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
” sent to the BMNH.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="59.[792,1423,152,1965]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">
|
||
The material used by Krefft to form the basis of his concept of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[918,1016,299,322]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[918,1016,299,322]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">mastersii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
would primarily have been obtained by the AM collector George Masters, but Krefft also had a number of correspondents who probably sent him material from Qld and it is possible that he visited the region himself. The earliest indication we have found that Krefft believed he had a new species was a letter from Masters to Krefft, dated
|
||
<date box="[859,1002,474,499]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" value="1865-05-23">23 May 1865</date>
|
||
from Ipswich, in which Masters refers to another specimen of the “new wallaby” (AM Archives AMS7 Letters Received, C:40.65.5).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="59.[792,1423,152,1965]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">
|
||
Masters was first engaged as a collector on the AM staff in
|
||
<date box="[825,937,591,615]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" value="1864-06">June 1864</date>
|
||
but he also sold specimens to Krefft while employed by the AM. A detailed collecting itinerary of Masters has not been published, but he is known to have made three collecting trips to Qld during the seven years prior to publication of
|
||
<emphasis box="[1038,1277,709,733]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">
|
||
Mammals of
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[1178,1277,709,733]" name="Australia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
. His first trip was in 1865 to the Wide Bay region (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Whitley, G" box="[1183,1337,738,762]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" pagination="25 - 32" refId="ref149668" refString="Whitley, G. P. 1971. George Masters, naturalist. Australian Zoologist 16 (2): 25 - 32, pl. iii." type="journal article" year="1971">Whitley, 1971</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), which includes Burnett River and Maryborough districts as then recognized. The AM annual report for 1865 does not list any specimens that could be
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[1048,1146,827,850]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1048,1146,827,850]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">mastersii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and if any were collected it is possible that they were purchased from Masters and therefore not listed in the annual report. The collection dates of bird specimens listed by
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Longmore, N" box="[1136,1323,914,939]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" pagination="1 - 42" refId="ref137432" refString="Longmore, N. W. 1991. Type specimens of birds in the Australian Museum. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 4: 1 - 42. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 1031 - 8062.4.1991.75" type="journal article" year="1991">Longmore (1991)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
indicates that Masters collected again in the Wide Bay region during
|
||
<date box="[794,1110,973,997]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" value="1867-10" valueMax="1867-11-31" valueMin="1867-10-00">October and November 1867</date>
|
||
, but again, his collecting list (AM Archives AMS7 Letters Received, C:40.67.12) does not include any specimens that could have been
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[1318,1415,1032,1055]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1318,1415,1032,1055]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">mastersii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Masters collected during
|
||
<date box="[1058,1357,1061,1085]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" value="1870-08" valueMax="1870-09-31" valueMin="1870-08-00">
|
||
August and September
|
||
<quantity box="[1304,1357,1061,1085]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.7498" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" unit="in" value="1870.0">1870</quantity>
|
||
</date>
|
||
in the Gayndah area, Burnett River (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Whitley, G" box="[1104,1257,1090,1114]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" pagination="25 - 32" refId="ref149668" refString="Whitley, G. P. 1971. George Masters, naturalist. Australian Zoologist 16 (2): 25 - 32, pl. iii." type="journal article" year="1971">Whitley, 1971</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), and it is likely that he obtained material listed by
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Krefft, G" box="[1151,1302,1120,1144]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" refId="ref135881" refString="Krefft, G. 1871 a. The Mammals of Australia. Illustrated by Harriett Scott and Helena Forde for the Council of Education; with a short account of all the species hitherto described. Sydney: Government Printer. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 132957" type="book" year="1871">Krefft (1871a)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
during that period. We have not seen the original collecting list but the specimens obtained during 1870 listed in the AM annual report (Krefft & Thomson, 1871) probably include material referred to by
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Krefft, G" box="[945,1102,1237,1261]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" refId="ref135881" refString="Krefft, G. 1871 a. The Mammals of Australia. Illustrated by Harriett Scott and Helena Forde for the Council of Education; with a short account of all the species hitherto described. Sydney: Government Printer. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 132957" type="book" year="1871">Krefft (1871a)</bibRefCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="59.[792,1423,152,1965]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">
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A narrow interpretation of the
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<typeStatus box="[1181,1267,1267,1291]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">syntype</typeStatus>
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series would include only material collected by George Masters from “the Burnett River and other rivers”, Qld, the area specifically mentioned by
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<bibRefCitation author="Krefft, G" box="[944,1097,1354,1378]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" refId="ref135881" refString="Krefft, G. 1871 a. The Mammals of Australia. Illustrated by Harriett Scott and Helena Forde for the Council of Education; with a short account of all the species hitherto described. Sydney: Government Printer. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 132957" type="book" year="1871">Krefft (1871a)</bibRefCitation>
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as the then known distribution of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[827,926,1384,1407]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
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<emphasis box="[827,926,1384,1407]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">mastersii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<bibRefCitation author="Krefft, G" box="[943,1102,1384,1408]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" refId="ref135881" refString="Krefft, G. 1871 a. The Mammals of Australia. Illustrated by Harriett Scott and Helena Forde for the Council of Education; with a short account of all the species hitherto described. Sydney: Government Printer. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 132957" type="book" year="1871">Krefft (1871a)</bibRefCitation>
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states that “Mr Masters has lately collected a fine series of these Wallabies from the Burnett River,
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<collectingRegion box="[948,1079,1442,1466]" country="Australia" name="Queensland" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Queensland</collectingRegion>
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”. The AM annual report for 1870 lists material collected by Masters (locality not indicated) as “
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<taxonomicName box="[838,1068,1501,1525]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersi">
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<emphasis box="[838,1068,1501,1525]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Halmaturus mastersi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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—2 skeletons, 3 skins, 2 young in spirits, 1 skull” (Krefft & Thomson, 1871: 6). However, deciding which of the specimens currently held in the AM Collection or sent to overseas institutions were part of this initial series of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Krefft" authorityYear="1871" box="[961,1092,1619,1642]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Halmaturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mastersii">
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<emphasis box="[961,1092,1619,1642]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">H. mastersii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is problematic and beyond the scope of this paper.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="59.[792,1423,152,1965]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">
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The
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<specimenCount box="[874,975,1677,1701]" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" type="adult">two adult</specimenCount>
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skulls PA.994 and PA.995 closely fit the dimensions and diagnostic criteria proposed by
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<bibRefCitation author="Finlayson, H" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" pagination="67 - 89" refId="ref128265" refString="Finlayson, H. H. 1931. On mammals from the Dawson Valley, Queensland. Part 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 55: 67 - 89, pls i - iii." type="journal article" year="1931">Finlayson (1931)</bibRefCitation>
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to distinguish Qld populations of
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Krefft" baseAuthorityYear="1871" box="[1211,1420,1736,1760]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Wallabia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="bicolor" subSpecies="mastersii">
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<emphasis box="[1211,1420,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">W. bicolor mastersii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(as
|
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<taxonomicName authority="Thomas & Dollman, 1909" authorityName="Thomas & Dollman" authorityYear="1909" box="[829,1412,1765,1789]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Macropus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="ualabatus" subSpecies="ingrami">
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<emphasis box="[829,1134,1765,1789]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">Macropus ualabatus ingrami</emphasis>
|
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Thomas & Dollman, 1909
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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) from nominate southern Australian
|
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1804" box="[1181,1256,1794,1818]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Wallabia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bicolor">
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||
<emphasis box="[1181,1256,1794,1818]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="336">bicolor</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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. These include the smaller size, e.g., basal skull length of
|
||
<quantity box="[1245,1332,1824,1848]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.13" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" unit="mm" value="113.0">113 mm</quantity>
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and
|
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<quantity metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.17" pageId="59" pageNumber="336" unit="mm" value="117.0">117 mm</quantity>
|
||
for PA.994 and PA.995 respectively; relatively greater posterior expansion of the nasal bones (ratio of nasal length/ breadth, 2.2, 2.1) and shorter diastema (ratio of diastema/ basal skull length, 5.2, 5.7).
|
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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