Perameles nasuta É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804

(Figs 10; 78; 82)

Perameles nasuta É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804b: 62; pl. 44.

COMMON NAME. — Southern Long-nosed Bandicoot.

CURRENT NAME. — Perameles nasuta É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804 .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 88).

COLLECTOR/ S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Julien-Laferrière (1994: 11) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia (Julien-Laferrière 1994: 11). COLLECTION DATE. — Between 3 July and 18 November 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-417 (Fig. 10), holotype, skin mount (de Beaufort 1966: 524; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 11).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Anc. Cat. Gal. 215, Nouv. Cat. Gal. 327 (de Beaufort 1966: 518-519).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80276 (Fig. 78; second from left - skull) and Inv. no. 80080 (Fig. 82; two living animals).