[Taxacom] Bicingulatus ninjabearus

[Martin Wiemers]

Dear Igor,

this article is a joke and refers to the Australian hoax of the Drop 
Bear, a fictional carnivorous koala bear, see 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear

In Germany, we have a similar case with the Wolpertinger - and in this 
case even actual specimens exist in public collections, see 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolpertinger.

Best wishes,

Martin


Am 22.01.2021 um 17:09 schrieb igor pavlinov via Taxacom:
> Dear taxacomers,
>   
> I have a particular question concerning description of a new Recent Marsupial speces-genus-family-order from Australia ( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335909047_A_Description_of_a_New_Endemic_Carnivorous_Marsupialia_in_Myrtoideae_Forests_of_Australia_A_Taxonomic_Misadventure_with_Phototypes ). It looks like a pure fake, the phototype reported seems to have been prepared with Photoshop, the formal description is ignorant is some important points (the name of a new familty is given as Pseudophascolarctos), its author is reported as a malacologist ( https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stephen_J._Maxwell ). No subsequent discussion of this case seemed to happen.
>   
> I’d be much greatful for any information clarifying this case.
>   
> Thank you,
>   
> Igor
>   
>   
> - - -
> Igor Ya. Pavlinov, DrS
> Zoological Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State University
> ul. Bol'shaya Nikitskaya 6
> 125009 Moscow
> Russia
> http://zmmu.msu.ru/personal/pavlinov/pavlinov1.htm
> http://zmmu.msu.ru/personal/pavlinov/pavlinov_eng1.htm
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