Dasyurus macrourus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803b

(Figs 4-6; 73; 74)

Dasyurus macrourus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803b: 259 .

COMMON NAME. — Spotted-tailed Quoll.

CURRENT NAME. — Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 56).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Desmarest (1821: 263) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia (de Beaufort 1966: 522; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 9). COLLECTION DATE. — Between 3 July and 18 November 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-418 (Figs 4, 5), lectotype, skull fragments and skin mount ; and MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-419 (Fig. 6), paralectotype, skin mount (de Beaufort 1966: 521-522; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 8-9) . Two specimens of this species, or D. viverrinus, were kept alive on Le Naturaliste, but died during the voyage (Jangoux et al. 2010: 268, 271).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Anc. Cat. Gal. 141 & 142, Nouv. Cat. Gal. 354 & 355 (de Beaufort 1966: 521-522; Julien-Laferrière 1994: 8-9).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80107-1 and 80107-2 (Figs 73; 74; two living animals). The Lesueur illustration 80107- 3 is held at the Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (lithograph registered as CLb1s5i005).