Georynchus capensis (Pallas, 1779)

Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile, 2021, Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Zoosystema 43 (21), pp. 387-548 : 424

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a21
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5143290
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scientific name	Georynchus capensis (Pallas, 1779)
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Mus capensis Pallas, 1779

( Fig. 154 View FIG )

Mus capensis Pallas, 1779: 172 .

COMMON NAME. — Cape Mole-rat.

CURRENT NAME. — Georynchus capensis (Pallas, 1779) .

See Woods & Kilpatrick (2005: 1541).

COLLECTOR/S. — No data.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — No data.

COMMENT. — The species occurs near Cape Town, South Africa.

COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data.

COMMENTS. — Péron (1804a) referred to it as Talpoides dimacrodontus .

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80131 ( Fig. 154 View FIG ; sketch of one living animal, skull and feet) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 361).