Subspecies Lagostrophus fasciatus fasciatus (Péron & lesueur, 1807)

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• Kangurus fasciatus Péron, F. & Lesueur, C.A. 1807. in Péron, F. et Freycinet, L. (1807–1816). Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, Exécuté sur les corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste, et la goellette le Casuarina, pendant les années 1800–1804. 1 + atlas. [114 pl. 27].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP Nouv. Cat. Gal. Nº 101 ♀ adult mounted skin & skull, Bernier Is., Shark Bay, WA; MNHP Nouv. Cat. Gal. Nº 102 ♂ adult mounted skin & skull, Bernier Is., Shark Bay, WA; MNHP Nouv. Cat. Gal. Nº 103 ♀ juv. mounted skin apparently also damaged skull (see Beaufort, F. de 1966. Catalogue des types des mammifères du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. VI Monotremata. VII Marsupialia. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 38(5): 509–553), Bernier Is., Shark Bay, WA.
• Macropus elegans Cuvier, G.L. 1816. Le Régne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. L'Introduction, les Mammiéres et les Oiseaux. Paris : Déterville Vol. 1 xxxvii 540 pp. [183] [junior homonym of Macropus elegans Lambert, 1807].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown based on Péron's plate op. cit., locality unknown.
• Lagorchestes albipilis Gould, J. 1842. Description of two new species of kangaroos from Western Australia (Macropus ocydromus, Lagorchestes albipilis). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 1-5 [2] [extinct].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 44.9.30.2 ♂ adult skin & damaged skull, Wongan Hills, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [170] (discussion on synonymy).
• Halmaturus striatus Lesson, R.P. 1842. Nouveau Tableau du Règne Animal. Mammifères. Paris : A. Bertrand 204 pp. [195] [nom. nov. for Lagorchestes albipilis Gould, 1842].

  Secondary source:

   Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [170] (discussion on synonymy).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Bernier and Dorre Islands in Shark Bay; South coast of eastern WA, this population is presumed to be extinct

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed scrub, folivore, herbivore, nocturnal, terrestrial, territorial.

 

General References

Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [170]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023	MACROPODIDAE	18-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
29-Nov-2016		05-Nov-2010	MOVED
29-Oct-2010		29-Oct-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)