Canis familiaris australasiae Desmarest, 1821

(Figs 57-59; 168-170)

Canis familiaris australasiae Desmarest, 1821: 191 .

COMMON NAME. — Dingo.

CURRENT NAME. — Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 288), and Jackson et al. (2017: 201; 2019: 198).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Desmarest (1821: 191) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 3 July and 18 November 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-2010-671 (Figs 57; 58), holotype, skull and skin mount ; and MNHN-ZM-2010-672 (Fig. 59), topotype skin mount .

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Cat. Gal. 293A & 294. The skull of MNHN-ZM-2010-671 is also inscribed under the number MNHN-ZM-AC-1984-17 and CAG BI-1.

COMMENTS. — Two specimens were brought back alive from Australia on board Le Naturaliste and lived at the “Menagerie du Roi in 1806” (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier 1825 [1824-1842]: Vol 5, Text to plate; Jangoux et al. 2010: 269, 274).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80149r and 80149v (Figs 168; 169; sketches of animals), and Inv. no. 80164 (Fig. 170; coloured illustration of living animal).