Petaurus peronii Desmarest, 1817

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Petaurus peronii Desmarest, 1817b: 404 .

COMMON NAME. — Greater Glider.

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

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 115) and Jackson & Thorington (2012: 17).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra 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-1990-409 (Fig. 20), holotype, skin mount (de Beaufort 1966: 534; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 19). Two specimens of this species, or P. taguanoÏdes as mentioned above, embarked alive on the voyage back to France on Le Naturaliste but died during the voyage (Jangoux et al. 2010: 268, 272).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Anc. Cat. Gal. no 12; Nouv. Cat. Gal. 200 (Julien-Laferrière 1994: 19).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrations referred to above under Petaurus taguanoÏdes Desmarest, 1817 may also be mentioned here as well.