Gymnobelideus leadbeateri McCoy, 1867:287
Leadbeater's possum, Fairy possum, Bass River possum, Leadbeater's opossum (used by Lucas & Le Souëf, 1909:107)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Palaeopetaurus elegans Broom, 1896:568; Gymnobelideus leadbeateri martinekae Hoser, 2018 (nomen dubium)
Palaeopetaurus elegans was first synonymised with Gymnobelideus leadbeateri by (Wakefield, 1972:19, 20-21), and followed by later authors (Archer et al., 1984:1037; McKenna & Bell, 1997:66; Jackson & Groves, 2015:108).
Conservation Status
Last record: 1909 (Maxwell et al., 1996)
Rediscovered in 1961 (Wilkinson, 1961)
IUCN status: Endangered
It was known from five specimens (3 from the Bass River valley; 1 from Koo Wee Rup (Koo-wee-rup); 1 near Sunnyside, on Mount Wills) (Brazenor, 1950:40), the last of which was collected in 1909 (Maxwell et al., 1996). It was rediscovered in 1961 (Wilkinson, 1961).
Distribution
Victoria, Australia
Type locality: "Bass River, Vic." (McKay, 1988:89)
Biology & Ecology
"Ecology: temperate, montane, gregarious, tree hole, nocturnal, arboral, predator, tall open forest; insectivore, also feeds on manna and gums, restricted to Mountain Ash forests."
(McKay, 1988:89)
Hypodigm
Lectotype: NMV C4380 (male) (designated by Dixon, 1970) (McKay, 1988:89)
Other specimens:
AM M9488 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
AM M9489 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C31368 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C28294 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C33035 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C26031 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C29756 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C31368 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C26034 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C30848 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C3026 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C33028 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C33032 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C26262 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C6193 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C23921 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C22403 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C26494 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C30862 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C33038 (Beck et al., 2022:SM21)
NMV C18638 (Beck et al., 2022:SM22)
NMV C8175 (Beck et al., 2022:SM22)
NMV C4321 (Beck et al., 2022:SM22)
Media
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