Kangurus fuliginosus Desmarest, 1817

(Figs 26-28; 108)

Kangurus fuliginosus Desmarest, 1817c: 35; pl. 22.

COMMON NAME. — Western Grey Kangaroo.

CURRENT NAME. — Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 154).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Desmarest (1821: 273); Girard (1856: 115) and de Beaufort (1966: 549) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Île Decres (Kangaroo Island), South Australia, Australia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 2 January and 1 February 1803. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-396 (Figs 26; 27), holotype, male, skull and skin mount ; MNHN-ZM-2014-70 (Fig. 28), paratype, female skin mount (de Beaufort 1966: 549; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 25-26). Two were collected during the expedition at Kangaroo Island (Péron 1804a). Two specimens of this species have been brought back to France alive on Le Géographe (Jangoux et al. 2010: 269, 272).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Anc. Cat. Gal. 1, Nouv. Cat. Gal. 12 & 13 (de Beaufort 1966: 549; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 25-26).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80057 (Fig. 108; two live animals) (Fornasiero et al. 2004: 236; Baglione & Crémière 2009: 126; Fornasiero et al. 2016: 120).