Phascolomys bassi Lesson, 1827

Phascolomys bassi Lesson, 1827: 229 .

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 de Beaufort (1966: 536) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Not designated. COMMENT. — After Dawson (1988: 50), type locality could be King Island. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 8 and 27 December 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/ S. — No type designated (Dawson 1988: 50). Five specimens of this species, and/or Phascolomis wombat above, appear to have embarked alive back to France on Le Naturaliste (Jangoux et al. 2010: 269).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrations referred to above under Phascolomis wombat Lesueur & Petit, 1807 can also apply here.