Hemibelideus lemuroides Collett 1884

Phalangista (Hemibelideus) lemuroides Collett, 1884

Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London, 1884, 385.

Valid name. Hemibelideus lemuroides (Collett, 1884)

Holotype: NHMO 686 (B), female, mounted skin with cranium and incomplete skeleton, collected by C. Lumholtz at Herbert River, Northern Queensland, Australia, 20 December 1882.

Paratype: NHMO 1376 (A), juv., mounted skin with cranium, collected by C. Lumholtz at Herbert River, Northern Queensland, Australia, 20 December 1882.

Remarks. The description is entirely based on specimen NHMO 686 which is labeled “ Typus ”, and thus regarded as the holotype according to article 73.1.1. of the Code (ICZN 1999). The juvenile specimen is only mentioned in a note and is considered a paratype. Both specimens (young and its mother) are mounted on the same branch.