Hydromys leucogaster É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804

(Figs 43; 44; 78; 90; 153)

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

COMMON NAME. — Water Rat.

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

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. — Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 18 and 27 February 1802. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1998-2056 (Fig. 43), holotype, skin mount; and MNHN-ZM-MO-1998-2057 (Fig. 44), paratype, skin mount (Rode 1945: 204).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Cat. Gal. 785 & 786.

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), Inv. no. 80115 (Fig. 153; two living animals) (Fornasiero et al. 2016: 141).