Petaurus taguanoïdes Desmarest, 1817

(Figs 18; 19; 93; 96; 97)

Petaurus taguanoÏdes Desmarest, 1817b: 400 .

COMMON NAME. — Southern Greater Glider.

CURRENT NAME. — Petauroides volans (Kerr, 1792) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 115).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Girard (1856: 112); de Beaufort (1966: 534); Julien-Laferrière (1994: 19) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia (McKay 1988: 90). COLLECTION DATE. — Between 3 July and 18 November 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-408 (Figs 18; 19), lectotype, skull and skin mount (de Beaufort 1966: 534; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 19-20) . Two specimens of this species, or P. peronii below, embarked alive on the voyage back to France on Le Naturaliste but died during the voyage (Jangoux et al. 2010: 268).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv.Cat.Gal.189 (Julien-Laferrière 1994: 19-20).

I LLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80278 (Fig. 93; skull, left), Inv. no. 80086 (Fig. 96; young animal), and Inv. no. 80089 (Fig. 97; two living animals and a skull) (Baglione & Crémière 2009: 166-167).