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Species Petaurus notatus Peters, 1859

Krefft's Glider

  • Petaurus (Belideus) notatus Peters, W.C.H. 1859. Über ein neues Flugbeutelthier, Petaurus (Belideus), aus dem südlichen Theile von Neuholland. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1859: 14-15 [for date of publication Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [14].
    Type data:
     Holotype ZMB (not found 1980), Port Phillip, VIC.
    Type locality references:
    Gould, J. 1861. Mammals of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 1 text to pl. 26. [Date published 1 May 1861: publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 6: i–xii 1–122].

 

Introduction

Treated as a synonym of Petaurus breviceps by Thomas (1888), Iredale & Troughton (1934) and all subsequent authors. Removed from synonymy by Cremona et al. (2020) based on molecular and morphological data.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

North-eastern QLD to south-eastern SA, introduced to TAS, replaced by P. breviceps in coastal NSW and SE corner of QLD

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
Petaurus Shaw, 1791 01-Dec-2022 ADDED