Subspecies Pseudocheirus peregrinus cooki (Desmarest, 1818)
- Phalangista cookii Anonymous 1818. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Nouvelle edition presqu’entièrement refondue et considérarablement augmentée; avec des figures tirées des trois règnes de la nature. Paris : Deterville Vol. 25. [Date published 26 Dec. 1818] [476] [described from 2 specimens collected by Péron; although reference is made to plate in Cook's 3rd voyage, description is not from that plate].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP Nouv. Cat. Gal. Nº 201 (skin) and Comp. Anat. A.2571 Skull ♂. adult, 'Australie' according to Péron's label; Desmarest, op. cit., gives 'terre de Van Diémen'; mainland Australia probably Sydney, NSW.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP Comp. Anat. A.2571 (skull) ♂ adult.Subsequent designation references:
Beaufort, F. de 1966. Catalogue des types des mammifères du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. VI Monotremata. VII Marsupialia. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2 38(5): 509-553.Type locality references:
Ogilby, W. 1838. Observations upon some recent communications of Mr. J.E. Gray, of the British Museum, to the Annals of Natural History; with descriptions of two new kangaroos from Van Diemen's Land. Annals of Natural History 1: 216-221 [Published in 1 May 1838 and republished in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. in July 1838]. - Pseudochirus victoriae Matschie, P. 1915. Einige Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gattung Pseudochirus Ogilby. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 4: 83-95 [Date published 15 April 1915] [85].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 20698 ♀ adult skin & skull, Cape Otway, VIC. - Pseudochirus laniginosus modestus Thomas, O. 1926. On various animals obtained during Capt. Wilkin's expedition in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 625-635 [June 1926] [632] [label on holotype reads: '26.3.11.37. Oct. 1924. Collector's No. 764. St. George's River. NSW Australia. Coll. G.H. Wilkins W.R.I.E.' - at that time Wilkins was in Arnhem Land].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1926.3.11.37 ♂ subadult skin only (unknown locality; said to be 'St. George's River, NSW', but no such place exists or existed. Possibly from George's River, Sydney, NSW as this specimen and a paratype now in QM (J4518) were among specimens sent back at end of Wilkins' expedition, and probably were animals purchased from J.H. Wright. All Wilkins' NSW specimens (from Ebor) were catalogued at BMNH in 1925 from an earlier shipment), unknown locality.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
SE NSW, coastal VIC, SE SA.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, florivore, folivore, nocturnal, open forest, subtropical, tall open forest, woodland.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Oct-2010 | 29-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |