Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804

(Figs 42; 78; 90; 152)

Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804d: 354, as 254.

COMMON NAME. — Water Rat.

CURRENT NAME. — Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804d .

See Jackson & Groves (2015: 191).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Rode (1945: 204) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 13 January and 16 February 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1998-2055 (Fig. 42), holotype, skin mount.

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Cat. Gal. 781.

COMMENTS. — Also described by É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805: 90).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80276 (Fig. 78) and Inv. no. 80272 (Fig. 90; right, skull), and Inv. no. 80110 (Fig. 152; one living animal) (Baglione & Crémière 2009: 117).