Phascolomis wombat Lesueur & Petit in Péron, 1807 b

(Figs 11-15; 83-90)

Phascolomis wombat Lesueur & Petit in Péron, 1807 b: pl. 28.

COMMON NAME. — Bare-nosed Wombat.

CURRENT NAME. — Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 101).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur or Mr Cooper, contra Desmarest (1821: 276), Girard (1856: 118), de Beaufort (1966: 535) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. Referred to in Péron & Freycinet (1816: 13) and Girard (1856: 118). COLLECTION LOCALITY. — King Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia (Péron 1804b; Desmarest 1821: 276). COLLECTION DATE. — Between 8 and 27 December 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-406 (Figs 11; 13), lectotype, skull and skin mount ; and MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-407 (Figs 12; 14), paralectotype, skull and skin mount (juvenile); MNHN-ZM-AC-A3295 (Fig. 15), paralectotype skeleton . Collection of wombats referred to by É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803c: 364; d: 185). Five specimens of this species, and/or Phascolomys bassi below, embarked alive back to France on Le Naturaliste (Jangoux et al. 2010: 269).

OTHER NUMBER/ S. — Anc. Cat. Gal. 110 & 112, Nouv. Cat. Gal. 297 & 298 (de Beaufort 1966: 518-519). Number for skull: Cat. Anat. Comp. A2556 & A2559 and CAG I-860, I-859 & IV-18.

COMMENTS. — Two young males were brought back to Paris (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier 1824 [1824-1842]: Vol. 2, Text to pl.; Girard 1856: 119). Species referred to as Ombatte Kingiensis [sic, nomen nudum] from King Island in Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle; Péron (1804a) refered to this taxon.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80069-1, 80069-2 and 80069-3 (Figs 83-85; two adults and offspring) (Baglione & Crémière 2009: 363; Fornasiero et al. 2016: 148-149), Inv. no. 80070 (Fig. 86; several adults and young), Inv. no. 80071 (Fig. 87; one living adult animal, skull, feet, snout, and stech of animal) (Baglione & Crémière 2009: 353; Altmann 2012: 86; Fornasiero et al. 2016: 146-147), Inv. no. 80072 (Fig. 88; sketch of adult, feet and snout) (Altmann 2012: 86; Fornasiero et al. 2016: 144), Inv. no. 80268 (Fig. 89; two skeletons) (Baglione & Crémière 2009: 353; Altmann 2012: 90; Fornasiero et al. 2016: 142-143) and Inv. no. 80272 (Fig. 90; centre, skull).