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<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8A152EFF7EF9C798EB8C7A" box="[151,389,1603,1626]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.</emphasis>
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(ser. 1) 2 (1), 14. (
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<date id="48381021FF8A152EFDA8F9C79BC48C7B" box="[577,682,1603,1627]" pageId="16" pageNumber="217" value="1877-07">July 1877</date>
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).
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Description read at the
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meeting of the LSNSW.
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Papuan Brown Bandicoot
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.
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<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8A152EFF2EF89798F08D0E" bold="true" box="[199,414,1811,1838]" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">Taxonomic status.</emphasis>
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Often viewed as a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8A152EFCF8F8979A858D0D" box="[785,1003,1811,1837]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">Isoodon macrourus</emphasis>
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but further research is necessary to resolve the status of the subspecies of
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<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8A152EFDC0F8BC9BD68D71" box="[553,696,1848,1873]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="217">I. macrourus</emphasis>
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(
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)
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. The validity of this entity has remained in doubt since its publication. Although accepted as a full species in the decades immediately following publication of the description, since the early 20th century taxonomists have remained divided as to whether it is a subspecies or not a valid form.
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locality.
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used the vernacular “
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Bandicoot” in his original account and specific epithet
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M.474, (possible
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. An old loose paper tag states: “
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”. A subadult skull with associated label of “temp M.474” has been mistakenly matched with the skin, given that the skull is
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.
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skull is possibly male based on large canines, and is
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<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8B152FFED6FECF98A38B44" box="[319,461,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">I. macrourus</emphasis>
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, but the subspecies has not been determined (
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,
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, pers. comm. 2016), i.e. it is not yet clear if the skull was from
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or
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. M.475, (likely
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) adult female, skull with study skin missing tail tip, associated
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label reads “
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Port Moresby”
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.
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<subSubSection id="749C656AFF8B152DFF2EFE5E9A968B3D" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="220" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="3C3936E1FF8B152FFF2EFE5E9AA9881C" blockId="17.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">
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<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8B152FFF2EFE5E98218BD4" bold="true" box="[199,335,474,500]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Comments.</emphasis>
|
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A
|
||
<typeStatus id="E33D8843FF8B152FFE86FE5E98BF8BD4" box="[367,465,474,500]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
has usually been assumed in the taxonomic literature and the prospect of a type series has not been discussed. An adult male in the AM (M.2554) is usually cited as Ramsay’s “type” (e.g.,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF8B152FFB15FE7A9CF98838" author="Thomas, O." box="[1276,1431,510,536]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" refId="ref41096" refString="Thomas, O. (1888) Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History), London, xii + 401 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 56181" type="book" year="1888">Thomas 1888</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF8B152FFF7EFDA79805881C" author="Lyne, A. G. & Mort, P. A." box="[151,363,546,573]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" pagination="107 - 133" refId="ref37536" refString="Lyne, A. G. & Mort, P. A. (1981) A comparison of skull morphology in the marsupial bandicoot genus Isoodon: its taxonomic implications and notes on a new species, Isoodon arnhemensis. Australian Mammalogy, 4 (2), 107 - 133." type="journal article" year="1981">Lyne & Mort 1981</bibRefCitation>
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) but is considered a
|
||
<typeStatus id="E33D8843FF8B152FFDBBFDA79BC7881D" box="[594,681,547,573]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
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by
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<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF8B152FFD3DFDA69AAD881C" author="Parnaby, H. & Ingleby, S. & Divljan, A." box="[724,963,546,572]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" pagination="277 - 420" refId="ref38818" refString="Parnaby, H., Ingleby, S. & Divljan, A. (2017) Type specimens of non-fossil mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum, 69 (5), 277 - 420. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 2201 - 4349.69.2017.1653" type="journal article" year="2017">
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Parnaby
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8B152FFCDFFDA79A01881C" box="[822,879,546,572]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">et al.</emphasis>
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(2017)
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||
</bibRefCitation>
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3C3936E1FF8B152FFF2EFDC39C3789A0" blockId="17.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">
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Ramsay very likely based his description on several specimens, although his account does not reveal the number, sex, or the collections in which they were lodged. Three considerations imply a
|
||
<typeStatus id="E33D8843FF8B152FFBB8FDEF9DEF88A5" box="[1105,1153,619,645]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series. First, his description of ear colour states “... the ears brown (
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8B152FFD63FD0B9A4F8888" box="[650,801,654,680]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">in one yellow</emphasis>
|
||
)” [his emphasis]. This implies that he examined several specimens, or less likely, that one ear was brown, the other yellow. Second, his statement “The animal examined is full grown, but young...” contrasts with AM M.2554, which is an old animal (see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF8B152FFBF1FD529D9D88D0" author="Parnaby, H. & Ingleby, S. & Divljan, A." box="[1048,1267,726,752]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" pagination="277 - 420" refId="ref38818" refString="Parnaby, H., Ingleby, S. & Divljan, A. (2017) Type specimens of non-fossil mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum, 69 (5), 277 - 420. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 2201 - 4349.69.2017.1653" type="journal article" year="2017">
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||
Parnaby
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8B152FFB90FD539DDF88D0" box="[1145,1201,726,752]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2017
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). His statement “the animal examined” is not necessarily inconsistent with a
|
||
<typeStatus id="E33D8843FF8B152FFCD3FD7F9A048935" box="[826,874,763,789]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series if he had selected
|
||
<specimenCount id="2A80FD68FF8B152FFB97FD7F9C798934" box="[1150,1303,762,789]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" type="generic">one specimen</specimenCount>
|
||
for detailed description. Third, the skull of AM M.2554 was not extracted until the 1980s, yet Ramsay appears to have examined a skull. Although he did not describe the skull and his dental measurements could have been made with the skull
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8B152FFA6FFCC799D189A0" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">in situ</emphasis>
|
||
, his remark that the fourth molars are fully erupted could not have been made without an extracted skull.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="3C3936E1FF8B152FFF2EFC0E98E08F10" blockId="17.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">
|
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<materialsCitation id="8CEE3CBCFF8B152FFF2EFC0E98E48F10" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3128590306" country="Australia" county="Catalogue" location="Skulls" municipality="While" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" specimenCount="2">
|
||
Possible
|
||
<typeStatus id="E33D8843FF8B152FFEC4FC0F98338985" box="[301,349,907,933]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">type</typeStatus>
|
||
material of this taxon in the MAMU has been overlooked, probably because collector and collection date have not been recorded for any of the relevant specimens. The MAMU 1890s Catalogue lists only
|
||
<specimenCount id="2A80FD68FF8B152FFF7EFC56982589CC" box="[151,331,978,1004]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
under “
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF8B152FFE4DFC569BD689CC" box="[420,696,978,1004]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moresbyensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8B152FFE4DFC569BD689CC" box="[420,696,978,1004]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Perameles moresbyensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
”: an adult male and female listed as “stuffed” and an adult female “skin”, the latter perhaps a flat skin.
|
||
<location id="3959603AFF8B152FFDDCFC729B158E30" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B42F87F7FF8A152DFF7EFA7A9A968B3D:3959603AFF8B152FFDDCFC729B158E30" box="[565,635,1014,1040]" country="Australia" county="Catalogue" municipality="While" name="Skulls" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Skulls</location>
|
||
are not listed nor are alcohol specimens.
|
||
<location id="3959603AFF8B152FFBB9FC729DF88E30" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B42F87F7FF8A152DFF7EFA7A9A968B3D:3959603AFF8B152FFBB9FC729DF88E30" box="[1104,1174,1014,1040]" country="Australia" county="Catalogue" municipality="While" name="Skulls" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Skulls</location>
|
||
were usually not listed separately in the
|
||
<location id="3959603AFF8B152FFEB0FB9E98A58E14" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B42F87F7FF8A152DFF7EFA7A9A968B3D:3959603AFF8B152FFEB0FB9E98A58E14" box="[345,459,1050,1076]" country="Australia" county="Catalogue" municipality="While" name="Catalogue" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Catalogue</location>
|
||
unless the specimen consisted of a skull only.
|
||
<location id="3959603AFF8B152FFC37FB9E9D278E14" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B42F87F7FF8A152DFF7EFA7A9A968B3D:3959603AFF8B152FFC37FB9E9D278E14" box="[990,1097,1050,1076]" country="Australia" county="Catalogue" municipality="While" name="Currently" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Currently</location>
|
||
there are two dry skins in the
|
||
<location id="3959603AFF8B152FFF7EFBBA98618E78" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B42F87F7FF8A152DFF7EFA7A9A968B3D:3959603AFF8B152FFF7EFBBA98618E78" box="[151,271,1086,1112]" country="Australia" county="Catalogue" municipality="While" name="Collection" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Collection</location>
|
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, along with
|
||
<specimenCount id="2A80FD68FF8B152FFE49FBBA9B208E78" box="[416,590,1086,1112]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" type="generic">four specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
in alcohol (M.896–M.899).
|
||
<location id="3959603AFF8B152FFC7EFBBA9D6F8E78" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B42F87F7FF8A152DFF7EFA7A9A968B3D:3959603AFF8B152FFC7EFBBA9D6F8E78" box="[919,1025,1086,1112]" country="Australia" county="Catalogue" municipality="While" name="Although" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Although</location>
|
||
all four alcoholic skins are marked “Port Moresby” in the original entries to the 1960s
|
||
<location id="3959603AFF8B152FFD0DFBE69ADF8E5C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B42F87F7FF8A152DFF7EFA7A9A968B3D:3959603AFF8B152FFD0DFBE69ADF8E5C" box="[740,945,1122,1148]" country="Australia" county="Catalogue" municipality="While" name="Mammal Register" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Mammal Register</location>
|
||
, locality attribution of associated skulls requires verification due to possible incorrect association of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF8B152FFCDBFB039AAD8E80" baseAuthorityName="Jackson & Groves" baseAuthorityYear="2015" box="[818,963,1159,1184]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Isoodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrourus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8B152FFCDBFB039AAD8E80" box="[818,963,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">I. macrourus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
skulls from
|
||
<location id="3959603AFF8B152FFBBCFB029CF28E80" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B42F87F7FF8A152DFF7EFA7A9A968B3D:3959603AFF8B152FFBBCFB029CF28E80" box="[1109,1436,1158,1184]" country="Australia" county="Catalogue" municipality="While" name="northern Australian. Reliable" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">northern Australian. Reliable</location>
|
||
diagnostic cranial or dental characters that discriminate
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF8B152FFCF9FB2F9ACF8EE4" baseAuthorityName="Jackson & Groves" baseAuthorityYear="2015" box="[784,929,1195,1220]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Isoodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrourus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8B152FFCF9FB2F9ACF8EE4" box="[784,929,1195,1220]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">I. macrourus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="44917671FF8B152FFC0FFB2E9D238EE4" box="[998,1101,1194,1220]" name="Australia" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="44917671FF8B152FFB6CFB2F9C318EE4" box="[1157,1375,1194,1221]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
have not yet been defined (
|
||
<location id="3959603AFF8B152FFE62FB4A9BE78EC8" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B42F87F7FF8A152DFF7EFA7A9A968B3D:3959603AFF8B152FFE62FB4A9BE78EC8" box="[395,649,1230,1257]" country="Australia" county="Catalogue" municipality="While" name="Dr Kenny Travouillon" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Dr Kenny Travouillon</location>
|
||
, pers. comm. 2016).
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="DC5DAC9BFF8B152FFC9FFB4A9AD48EC8" box="[886,954,1230,1256]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">While</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
it is possible that the 1890s
|
||
<collectingCounty id="D5584E6DFF8B152FFB12FB4A9C038EC8" box="[1275,1389,1230,1256]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Catalogue</collectingCounty>
|
||
had overlooked the four alcohol specimens, the data and skulls might be mis-match to all four, and two of the specimens were registered twice
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="3C3936E1FF8B152FFF2EFABE98088C9D" blockId="17.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">
|
||
The
|
||
<specimenCount id="2A80FD68FF8B152FFF13FABF98FA8F74" box="[250,404,1338,1365]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" type="generic">one specimen</specimenCount>
|
||
for which Ramsay gave external measurements is a close approximation with skin MAMU M.475. We were able to measure eight of the 14 measurements given by Ramsay, five of which are comparable to his, see
|
||
<tableCitation id="7104035AFF8B152FFF07FA06982F8FBC" box="[238,321,1410,1436]" captionStart="TABLE 3" captionStartId="18.[151,239,692,716]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="TABLE 3. Selected body dimensions (measured in inches) of MAMU M.474 and M.475, possible syntypes of Perameles moresbyensis Ramsay, 1877a [= Isoodon macrourus moresbyensis] with those of the original description. A we measured tail length in two ways because Ramsay did not specify his method. B distal portion of tail missing." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/68F96669FF88152CFF7EFD309DD88934" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" tableUuid="68F96669FF88152CFF7EFD309DD88934">Table 3</tableCitation>
|
||
. The main discrepancy is “tip of nose to anterior margin of the eye”, which is c.
|
||
<quantity id="FB7E9B04FF8B152FFB58FA069C4C8FBC" box="[1201,1314,1410,1436]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.064" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" unit="in" value="1.6">1.6 inches</quantity>
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||
(
|
||
<quantity id="FB7E9B04FF8B152FFAC6FA069CFA8FBD" box="[1327,1428,1410,1437]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.06" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" unit="mm" value="40.6">40.6 mm</quantity>
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) vs. Ramsay’s measurement of
|
||
<quantity id="FB7E9B04FF8B152FFE19FA229B0D8FE0" box="[496,611,1446,1472]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.318" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" unit="in" value="1.7">1.7 inches</quantity>
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(
|
||
<quantity id="FB7E9B04FF8B152FFD9BFA229BB38FE1" box="[626,733,1446,1473]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.32" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" unit="mm" value="43.2">43.2 mm</quantity>
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||
), a distance that falls nearly to the centre of the eye in M.475. Distortion or subsequent shrinkage of the skin might account for this discrepancy. Body length was not given by Ramsay but can be derived from other measurements in
|
||
<tableCitation id="7104035AFF8B152FFCEAFA6A9A3B8C28" box="[771,853,1518,1544]" captionStart="TABLE 3" captionStartId="18.[151,239,692,716]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="TABLE 3. Selected body dimensions (measured in inches) of MAMU M.474 and M.475, possible syntypes of Perameles moresbyensis Ramsay, 1877a [= Isoodon macrourus moresbyensis] with those of the original description. A we measured tail length in two ways because Ramsay did not specify his method. B distal portion of tail missing." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/68F96669FF88152CFF7EFD309DD88934" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" tableUuid="68F96669FF88152CFF7EFD309DD88934">Table 3</tableCitation>
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||
, which indicates that linear body length of M.475 (c.
|
||
<quantity id="FB7E9B04FF8B152FFF7EF99698768C0D" box="[151,280,1554,1581]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.921" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" unit="in" value="11.5">11.5 inches</quantity>
|
||
) also approximates the specimen measured by Ramsay (
|
||
<quantity id="FB7E9B04FF8B152FFC7CF9969D748C0D" box="[917,1050,1554,1581]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.921" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" unit="in" value="11.5">11.5 inches</quantity>
|
||
). Consequently there are no major inconsistencies in the measurements that would exclude this skin as possibly being the one examined by Ramsay. Measurements of male skin mount M.474 are larger than Ramsay’s, e.g., nose tip to tail tip measured in inches is c. 18 (
|
||
<quantity id="FB7E9B04FF8B152FFF34F9FA98558CB9" box="[221,315,1662,1689]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.57" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" unit="cm" value="45.7">45.7 cm</quantity>
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||
) vs. 16.5 (
|
||
<quantity id="FB7E9B04FF8B152FFE59F9FA9B7F8CB9" box="[432,529,1662,1689]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.1899999999999995" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" unit="cm" value="41.9">41.9 cm</quantity>
|
||
); tail length is c. 6 (
|
||
<quantity id="FB7E9B04FF8B152FFD06F9FA9A228CB9" box="[751,844,1662,1689]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.52" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" unit="cm" value="15.2">15.2 cm</quantity>
|
||
) vs. 5 (
|
||
<quantity id="FB7E9B04FF8B152FFC49F9FA9A918CB9" box="[928,1023,1662,1689]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.27" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" unit="cm" value="12.7">12.7 cm</quantity>
|
||
), and hindfoot length c. 3 (
|
||
<quantity id="FB7E9B04FF8B152FFAC4F9FA9CFA8CB9" box="[1325,1428,1662,1689]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.62" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" unit="mm" value="76.2">76.2 mm</quantity>
|
||
) vs. 2.5 (
|
||
<quantity id="FB7E9B04FF8B152FFF19F92698378C9D" box="[240,345,1698,1725]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.35" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" unit="mm" value="63.5">63.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="3C3936E1FF8B152CFF2EF9429DFE8B3D" blockId="17.[151,1437,150,2013]" lastBlockId="18.[151,1437,151,645]" lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="219" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">
|
||
As previously indicated, the main obstacle to identifying
|
||
<typeStatus id="E33D8843FF8B152FFCABF9439ACA8CC1" box="[834,932,1735,1761]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
in the MAMU is that collector and collection date are not recorded for any of the New
|
||
<collectingCountry id="44917671FF8B152FFD89F96E9BDF8D24" box="[608,689,1770,1796]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
specimens of this taxon. Some of these could have been purchased from Goldie or his associated collectors during 1877–1882, after publication of the account. However, it is likely that several specimens were collected by Petterd and Broadbent and sold to Macleay in 1876, prior to the
|
||
<date id="48381021FF8B152FFAC1F8B699958D50" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" value="1877-01-29">29th January 1877</date>
|
||
meeting of the LSNSW at which Ramsay read his description. In his paper on mammals of the
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8B152FFAADF8D29CF38D50" box="[1348,1437,1878,1904]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Chevert</emphasis>
|
||
Expedition, Ramsay named several species using material from Macleay’s Collection that were almost certainly obtained after the
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8B152FFE8AF81A98D28D98" box="[355,444,1950,1976]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Chevert</emphasis>
|
||
Expedition, given that the Expedition did not reach Port Moresby (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF8B152FFB58F81A9C0C8D99" author="Macleay, W." box="[1201,1378,1950,1977]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" pagination="5" refId="ref37693" refString="Macleay, W. (1875 a) The voyage of the Chevert. The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 October, pg. 5." type="journal article" year="1875">Macleay 1875a</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF8B152FFA87F81A98628DFD" author="Fulton, G. R." pageId="17" pageNumber="218" pagination="51 - 63" refId="ref35603" refString="Fulton, G. R. (2016 a) Thomas Reedy 1842 - 1929: gardener for Sir William Macarthur and plant collector on the Chevert Expedition to New Guinea in 1875. Cunninghamia, 16, 51 - 63." type="journal article" year="2016">Fulton 2016a</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Several members of the Expedition (including Petterd and Broadbent) left the
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF8B152FFB79F8469D878DFC" box="[1168,1257,1986,2012]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="218">Chevert</emphasis>
|
||
in
|
||
<date id="48381021FF8B152FFAE5F8469CF28DFD" box="[1292,1436,1986,2013]" pageId="17" pageNumber="218" value="1875-08">August 1875</date>
|
||
and joined Andrew Goldie to collect in the region of Port Moresby (see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF88152CFC55FF139D298A91" author="Fulton, G. R." box="[956,1095,151,177]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" pagination="71 - 87" refId="ref35697" refString="Fulton, G. R. (2017) Dr William H. James 1852 - 76: medical doctor and naturalist. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 137 (1), 71 - 87. https: // doi. org / 10.25226 / bboc. v 137 i 1.2017. a 5" type="journal article" year="2017">Fulton 2017</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
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<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF88152CFBBAFF139DFE8A91" author="Fulton, G. R." box="[1107,1168,151,177]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" pagination="1 - 6" refId="ref35754" refString="Fulton, G. R. (2018) Notes on the mammals collected on the Chevert Expedition, to New Guinea, in 1875. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 140, 1 - 6." type="journal article" year="2018">2018</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Petterd and Broadbent returned to
|
||
<collectingCountry id="44917671FF88152CFEF1FF3F98118AF5" box="[280,383,187,213]" name="Australia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
in 1876 and Macleay noted in his private journal for
|
||
<date id="48381021FF88152CFC30FF3F9DE38AF5" box="[985,1165,187,213]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" value="1876-03-07">7th March 1876</date>
|
||
“Pettard and Broadbent visited this morning……Stone purchased all of their birds, I purchased all the mammals they had” (
|
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<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF88152CFB07FF5B9CFE8AD9" author="Horning, D." box="[1262,1424,223,249]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" refId="ref36889" refString="Horning, D. (1994) Transcription of the William John Macleay journal, from original located at Mitchell Library MSS 2009 Linnean Society of New South Wales records, 1826 - 1970. [unknown pagination, unpublished manuscript at Macleay Museum, University of Sydney]" type="book" year="1994">Horning 1994</bibRefCitation>
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||
). This would surely be the origin of some of the type specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF88152CFC9FFE879DE78B3D" box="[886,1161,259,285]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moresbyensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFC9FFE879DE78B3D" box="[886,1161,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Perameles moresbyensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="3C3936E1FF88152CFF2EFEA39D2D88A5" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,645]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
The collecting localities of the specimens examined by Ramsay remain unclear. One possibility is that only specimens from the
|
||
<collectingRegion id="FE42F803FF88152CFE90FECF9B098B45" box="[377,615,331,357]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="National Capital" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Port Moresby district</collectingRegion>
|
||
were used in the description, on the assumption that Ramsay would have listed Hall Sound and Yule Island because he recognised them as separate localities. The absence of basic information in the description suggests that it is equally likely that Ramsay applied the term “
|
||
<collectingRegion id="FE42F803FF88152CFBBAFE179D9E8B8D" box="[1107,1264,403,429]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="National Capital" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Port Moresby</collectingRegion>
|
||
bandicoot” but simply neglected to list the localities of any
|
||
<typeStatus id="E33D8843FF88152CFD66FE339BD18BF1" box="[655,703,439,465]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">type</typeStatus>
|
||
specimens. If so,
|
||
<typeStatus id="E33D8843FF88152CFC64FE339AD38BF1" box="[909,957,439,465]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">type</typeStatus>
|
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material could have included Hall Sound. It is not known if bandicoots were collected during the
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFCECFE5F9A308BD5" box="[773,862,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Chevert</emphasis>
|
||
Expedition. In his ad lib account of the Expedition written before the return of the collections to Sydney on the
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFCD4FE7B9AF88839" box="[829,918,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Chevert</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF88152CFC4AFE7B9D0A8839" author="Macleay, W." box="[931,1124,510,537]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" pagination="36 - 40" refId="ref37719" refString="Macleay, W. (1875 b) Notes on the zoological collections made in Torres Straits and New Guinea during the cruise of the " Chevert ". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Series 1, 1, 36 - 40. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 12383" type="journal article" year="1875">Macleay (1875b)</bibRefCitation>
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mentioned that a species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF88152CFF7EFDA79863881D" box="[151,269,547,573]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFF7EFDA79863881D" box="[151,269,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Perameles</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was encountered but whether any were collected is unclear. Given that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF88152CFBAAFDA79DD7881D" box="[1091,1209,547,573]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFBAAFDA79DD7881D" box="[1091,1209,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Perameles</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was the only genus of New Guinean bandicoots then recognised, his statement could apply to any of the four bandicoot genera that are now recognised from the lowlands of southern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="44917671FF88152CFD4EFDEF9AEE88A5" box="[679,896,619,645]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF88152CFC67FDEF9D5888A5" author="Flannery, T. F." box="[910,1078,618,645]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" refId="ref35418" refString="Flannery, T. F. (1995) Mammals of New Guinea. Revised Edition. Australian Museum / Reed Books, Chatswood, New South Wales, 440 pp." type="book" year="1995">Flannery 1995</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="68F96669FF88152CFF7EFD309DD88934" ID-Table-UUID="68F96669FF88152CFF7EFD309DD88934" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/68F96669FF88152CFF7EFD309DD88934" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" startId="18.[151,239,692,716]" targetBox="[163,1372,804,1249]" targetIsTable="true" targetPageId="18">
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<paragraph id="3C3936E1FF88152CFF7EFD309DD88934" blockId="18.[151,1437,692,789]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFF7EFD30986C88EC" bold="true" box="[151,258,692,716]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">TABLE 3</emphasis>
|
||
. Selected body dimensions (measured in inches) of MAMU M.474 and M.475, possible syntypes of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF88152CFAC5FD3098A188D1" authority="Ramsay, 1877 a" authorityName="Ramsay. Individual" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moresbyensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFAC5FD30984888D0" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Perameles moresbyensis</emphasis>
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||
<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF88152CFEC5FD5D98A188D1" author="Ramsay, E. P." box="[300,463,729,753]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" pagination="7 - 15" refId="ref39433" refString="Ramsay, E. P. (1877 a) Zoology of the " Chevert ". Mammals. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Series 1, 2 (1), 7 - 15." type="journal article" year="1877">Ramsay, 1877a</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
[=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF88152CFE1DFD5C9A3788D0" baseAuthorityName="Ramsay" baseAuthorityYear="1877" box="[500,857,728,752]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Isoodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="macrourus" subSpecies="moresbyensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFE1DFD5C9A3788D0" box="[500,857,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Isoodon macrourus moresbyensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
] with those of the original description.
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFB17FD539C6788C5" bold="true" box="[1278,1289,727,741]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
<superScript id="CBF39BA9FF88152CFB17FD539C6788C5" attach="right" box="[1278,1289,727,741]" fontSize="6" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">A</superScript>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
we measured tail length in two ways because Ramsay did not specify his method.
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFC98FD7F9A158929" bold="true" box="[881,891,763,777]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
<superScript id="CBF39BA9FF88152CFC98FD7F9A158929" attach="right" box="[881,891,763,777]" fontSize="6" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">B</superScript>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
distal portion of tail missing.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="3C3936E1FF88152CFF4AFCA09D528EC1" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
<table id="4E86C441FF88EAC1FF4AFCA09C328EC1" box="[163,1372,804,1249]" gridcols="4" gridrows="10" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
<tr id="82B634A3FF88EAC1FF4AFCA09C328979" box="[163,1372,804,857]" gridrow="0" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
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||
<th id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FF4AFCA09B398979" box="[163,599,804,857]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFF4AFCA098AA891C" bold="true" box="[163,452,804,828]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Measurement fide Ramsay</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FD4DFCA09A268979" box="[676,840,804,857]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFD4DFCA09B9A8979" bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
Inches
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF88152CFD18FCA09B9A8979" author="Ramsay, E. P." pageId="18" pageNumber="219" pagination="7 - 15" refId="ref39433" refString="Ramsay, E. P. (1877 a) Zoology of the " Chevert ". Mammals. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Series 1, 2 (1), 7 - 15." type="journal article" year="1877">Ramsay (1877a)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FC7AFCA09D398979" box="[915,1111,804,857]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFC7AFCA09A9F891F" bold="true" box="[915,1009,804,831]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">M.475 ♀</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FB50FCA09C328979" box="[1209,1372,804,857]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFB50FCA09C78891F" bold="true" box="[1209,1302,804,831]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">M.474 ♂</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="82B634A3FF88EAC1FF4AFCEE9C3289A2" box="[163,1372,874,898]" gridrow="1" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
<th id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FF4AFCEE9B3989A2" box="[163,599,874,898]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Tip of nose to anterior margin of eye</th>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FD4DFCEE9A2689A2" box="[676,840,874,898]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">1.7 (43.2 mm)</td>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FC7AFCEE9D3989A2" box="[915,1111,874,898]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">c. 1.6 (40.6 mm)</td>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FB50FCEE9C3289A2" box="[1209,1372,874,898]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">2 (50.8 mm)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="82B634A3FF88EAC1FF4AFC169C32898A" box="[163,1372,914,938]" gridrow="2" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" rowspan-3="1">
|
||
<th id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FF4AFC169B39898A" box="[163,599,914,938]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Tip of nose to anterior base of ear</th>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FD4DFC169A26898A" box="[676,840,914,938]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">2.9 (73.7 mm)</td>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FC7AFC169D39898A" box="[915,1111,914,938]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">c. 2.9 (73.7 mm)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="82B634A3FF88EAC1FF4AFC3D9C3289F2" box="[163,1372,953,978]" gridrow="3" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" rowspan-3="1">
|
||
<th id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FF4AFC3D9B3989F2" box="[163,599,953,978]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
Tip of nose to tip of tail (linear)
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFE0AFC3E988089E8" bold="true" box="[483,494,954,968]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">A</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FD4DFC3D9A2689F2" box="[676,840,953,978]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">16.5 (41.9 cm)</td>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FC7AFC3D9D3989F2" box="[915,1111,953,978]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
15 1/8 (38.4 cm)
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFBD5FC3D9D2889E7" bold="true" box="[1084,1094,953,967]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">B</emphasis>
|
||
</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="82B634A3FF88EAC1FF4AFC659C328E38" box="[163,1372,993,1048]" gridrow="4" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
<th id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FF4AFC659B398E38" box="[163,599,993,1048]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
Tip of nose to tip of tail (along dorsal body contour)
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFF11FB84986D8E2E" bold="true" box="[248,259,1024,1038]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">A</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FD4DFC659A268E38" box="[676,840,993,1048]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">-</td>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FC7AFC659D398E38" box="[915,1111,993,1048]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
15.5 (39.4 cm)
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFBC1FC659D5C89CF" bold="true" box="[1064,1074,993,1007]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">B</emphasis>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FB50FC659C328E38" box="[1209,1372,993,1048]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">c. 18 (45.7 cm)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="82B634A3FF88EAC1FF4AFBA39C328E60" box="[163,1372,1063,1088]" gridrow="5" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
<th id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FF4AFBA39B398E60" box="[163,599,1063,1088]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Tail</th>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FD4DFBA39A268E60" box="[676,840,1063,1088]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">5.0 (127.0 mm)</td>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FC7AFBA39D398E60" box="[915,1111,1063,1088]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
> 3.5 (> 88.9 mm)
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFBA4FBA39D398E15" bold="true" box="[1101,1111,1063,1077]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">B</emphasis>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FB50FBA39C328E60" box="[1209,1372,1063,1088]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">c. 6 (152.4 mm)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="82B634A3FF88EAC1FF4AFBD49C328E49" box="[163,1372,1104,1129]" gridrow="6" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" rowspan-3="1">
|
||
<th id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FF4AFBD49B398E49" box="[163,599,1104,1129]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Fore foot and nails</th>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FD4DFBD49A268E49" box="[676,840,1104,1129]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">1.3 (33.0 mm)</td>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FC7AFBD49D398E49" box="[915,1111,1104,1129]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">c. 1.3 (33.0 mm)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="82B634A3FF88EAC1FF4AFBFD9C328EB1" box="[163,1372,1145,1169]" gridrow="7" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" rowspan-3="1">
|
||
<th id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FF4AFBFD9B398EB1" box="[163,599,1145,1169]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Fore foot, last joint of longest toe and nail</th>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FD4DFBFD9A268EB1" box="[676,840,1145,1169]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">0.8 (20.3 mm)</td>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FC7AFBFD9D398EB1" box="[915,1111,1145,1169]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">c. 0.8 (20.3 mm)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="82B634A3FF88EAC1FF4AFB259C328E99" box="[163,1372,1185,1209]" gridrow="8" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
<th id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FF4AFB259B398E99" box="[163,599,1185,1209]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Hind foot and nails from heel</th>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FD4DFB259A268E99" box="[676,840,1185,1209]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">2.5 (63.5 mm)</td>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FC7AFB259D398E99" box="[915,1111,1185,1209]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">c. 2.5 (63.5 mm)</td>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FB50FB259C328E99" box="[1209,1372,1185,1209]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">c. 3 (76.2 mm)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="82B634A3FF88EAC1FF4AFB4D9C328EC1" box="[163,1372,1225,1249]" gridrow="9" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" rowspan-3="1">
|
||
<th id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FF4AFB4D9B398EC1" box="[163,599,1225,1249]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Hind foot, last joint longest toe and nail</th>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FD4DFB4D9A268EC1" box="[676,840,1225,1249]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">1.1 (27.9 mm)</td>
|
||
<td id="C1675DDFFF88EAC1FC7AFB4D9D398EC1" box="[915,1111,1225,1249]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">c. 1.1 (27.9 mm)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="3C3936E1FF88152DFF2EFA959A968B3D" blockId="18.[151,1437,1297,2043]" lastBlockId="19.[151,1437,150,285]" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="220" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
||
It appears that the type series included at least
|
||
<specimenCount id="2A80FD68FF88152CFD23FA959A0D8F0B" box="[714,867,1297,1323]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" type="generic">one specimen</specimenCount>
|
||
collected by Andrew Goldie that made its way into the AM, probably via Ramsay’s private collection.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF88152CFD3BFAB19AD08F6F" author="Parnaby, H. & Ingleby, S. & Divljan, A." box="[722,958,1333,1359]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" pagination="277 - 420" refId="ref38818" refString="Parnaby, H., Ingleby, S. & Divljan, A. (2017) Type specimens of non-fossil mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum, 69 (5), 277 - 420. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 2201 - 4349.69.2017.1653" type="journal article" year="2017">
|
||
Parnaby
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFCDCFAB19A038F6F" box="[821,877,1333,1359]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">et al.</emphasis>
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(2017)
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</bibRefCitation>
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did not justify their recognition of the AM specimen as a
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<typeStatus id="E33D8843FF88152CFED1FADD98E18F53" box="[312,399,1369,1395]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
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and the AM material is discussed further in the interests of defining the
|
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<typeStatus id="E33D8843FF88152CFB5BFADD9C678F53" box="[1202,1289,1369,1395]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
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series of this taxon. A mature male skin mount with extracted skull in the AM (M.2554) believed to be a
|
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<typeStatus id="E33D8843FF88152CFB67FAF99D8B8FB7" box="[1166,1253,1405,1431]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
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is an old animal with worn teeth and thus not the specimen that was the primary focus of Ramsay’ description, which he states was a young animal (see
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<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF88152CFE94FA419B348FFF" author="Parnaby, H. & Ingleby, S. & Divljan, A." box="[381,602,1477,1503]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" pagination="277 - 420" refId="ref38818" refString="Parnaby, H., Ingleby, S. & Divljan, A. (2017) Type specimens of non-fossil mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum, 69 (5), 277 - 420. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 2201 - 4349.69.2017.1653" type="journal article" year="2017">
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Parnaby
|
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<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFE36FA419B798FFF" box="[479,535,1477,1503]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">et al.</emphasis>
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2017
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</bibRefCitation>
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). The collector of M.2554 was not recorded in the original M register entry made in 1915, which states: “
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<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF88152CFE0FFA6D9A068C23" authority=", Ramsay." authorityName="Ramsay." box="[486,872,1513,1539]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moresbyensis">
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<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFE0FFA6D9B948C23" box="[486,762,1513,1539]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Perameles moresbyensis</emphasis>
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, Ramsay.
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</taxonomicName>
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Type. from old collection.” An old pencil annotation indicates skin with skull inside. It is possible that AM M.2554 is the one obtained from Andrew Goldie. In a paper read at the
|
||
<date id="48381021FF88152CFEB5F9B59B5D8C6B" box="[348,563,1585,1611]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" value="1876-12-27">27 December 1876</date>
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meeting of the LSNSW,
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<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF88152CFCBAF9B59D608C6C" author="Ramsay, E. P." box="[851,1038,1585,1612]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" pagination="386 - 395" refId="ref39477" refString="Ramsay, E. P. (1877 b) Notes on a collection of birds from Port Moresby; with descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Series 1, 1 (4), 386 - 395. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 12426" type="journal article" year="1877">Ramsay (1877b)</bibRefCitation>
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described a collection of birds and mammals recently obtained from the Port Moresby area by Goldie. In that paper, Ramsay has a line entry “
|
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<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF88152CFAB7F9D199918CB3" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">Perameles sp.</taxonomicName>
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||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFEECF9FD9B288CB3" box="[261,582,1657,1683]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">
|
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?
|
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<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF88152CFEF3F9FD9B288CB3" authority="Novae-Guineae" authorityName="Novae-Guineae" box="[282,582,1657,1683]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Perameles Novae-Guineae</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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”, without further comment and without indicating the number of specimens. This most likely refers to material that he later described as
|
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<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF88152CFCA6F9199D6D8C97" box="[847,1027,1693,1719]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moresbyensis">
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<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFCA6F9199D6D8C97" box="[847,1027,1693,1719]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">P. moresbyensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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at the
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<date id="48381021FF88152CFBBDF9199D838C97" box="[1108,1261,1693,1719]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" value="1877-01">January 1877</date>
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meeting of the LSNSW, his account of
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFE4AF94598928CFB" box="[419,508,1729,1755]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Chevert</emphasis>
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mammals. The only other bandicoot that he named from the New
|
||
<collectingCountry id="44917671FF88152CFB34F9459C408CFB" box="[1245,1326,1729,1755]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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mainland (
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<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF88152CFF48F9619B558CDF" authority="Ramsay, 1879" authorityName="Ramsay" authorityYear="1879" box="[161,571,1765,1791]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="broadbenti">
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<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFF48F96198F98CDF" box="[161,407,1765,1791]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Perameles broadbenti</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF88152CFE74F9619B558CDF" author="Ramsay, E. P." box="[413,571,1765,1791]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" pagination="402 - 405" refId="ref39737" refString="Ramsay, E. P. (1879) Contributions to the zoology of New Guinea. Part III. Description of a new marsupial allied to the genus Perameles, Geoff. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Series 1, 3 (4), 402 - 405, pl. 27. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 22249" type="journal article" year="1879">Ramsay, 1879</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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) was based on a specimen obtained after that meeting.
|
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<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF88152CFB75F9619C3B8D20" author="Ramsay, E. P." box="[1180,1365,1765,1792]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" pagination="386 - 395" refId="ref39477" refString="Ramsay, E. P. (1877 b) Notes on a collection of birds from Port Moresby; with descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Series 1, 1 (4), 386 - 395. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 12426" type="journal article" year="1877">Ramsay (1877b)</bibRefCitation>
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||
stated that he examined Goldie’s entire New
|
||
<collectingCountry id="44917671FF88152CFDAAF88D9BFA8D03" box="[579,660,1801,1827]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
collection. We have not established whether he purchased material of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF88152CFF7EF8A998278D67" box="[151,329,1837,1863]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moresbyensis">
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||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFF7EF8A998278D67" box="[151,329,1837,1863]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">P. moresbyensis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
for the AM or his private collection. A purchase slip might exist in AM Archives but in case one is not found, the provenance of M.2554 is discussed further. Three new mammals described by Ramsay in 1876 are listed under their published names as “
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFDB9F8F19BC88DAE" box="[592,678,1909,1934]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
” in the AM annual report for the year ending
|
||
<date id="48381021FF88152CFB5BF8F19CF28DAF" box="[1202,1436,1909,1935]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" value="1876-12-31">31st December 1876</date>
|
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(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="58174B10FF88152CFF76F81D98298D93" author="Ramsay, E. P." box="[159,327,1945,1971]" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" pagination="12 - 13" refId="ref39540" refString="Ramsay, E. P. (1877 c) Appendix 7, Taxidermist's Department. In: Scott, A. W. (Ed.), Report of the Trustees of the Australian Museum for the year ending 31 December, 1876. Charles Potter, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, New South Wales, pp. 12 - 13." type="book chapter" year="1877">Ramsay 1877c</bibRefCitation>
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||
) but
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF88152CFE68F81D9B5D8D93" box="[385,563,1945,1971]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moresbyensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFE68F81D9B5D8D93" box="[385,563,1945,1971]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">P. moresbyensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is not listed in the AM annual reports for 1876 or 1877. This might have been an oversight but the annual reports often did not detail purchased specimens. Regardless of whether Ramsay had purchased material of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF88152CFE67F8659B518DDB" box="[398,575,2017,2043]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="18" pageNumber="219" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moresbyensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="0EF2EAF3FF88152CFE67F8659B518DDB" box="[398,575,2017,2043]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="219">P. moresbyensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
for his private collection, a specimen was in the AM Collection after Ramsay retired. AM M.2554 was registered in
|
||
<date id="48381021FF89152DFDA5FF139BB88A91" box="[588,726,150,177]" pageId="19" pageNumber="220" value="1915-03">March 1915</date>
|
||
and listed as being from the “old collection”. Birds purchased from the Ramsay family
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF89152DFE44FF3F9B738AF5" box="[429,541,187,213]" family="Dobroyde" pageId="19" pageNumber="220" rank="family">Dobroyde</taxonomicName>
|
||
Collection in 1898 were registered at the AM in 1912 and it is not clear whether the unregistered bandicoot found in the Mammal Collection was incorrectly assumed to be an unregistered specimen from the old collection, but instead arrived with the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB864D62FF89152DFCFFFE879AE88B3D" box="[790,902,259,285]" family="Dobroyde" pageId="19" pageNumber="220" rank="family">Dobroyde</taxonomicName>
|
||
purchase.
|
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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