Procavia capensis ( Pallas, 1766 )

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 : 420

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Cavia capensis Pallas, 1766

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Cavia capensis Pallas, 1766: 30 .

COMMON NAME. — Rock Hyrax .

CURRENT NAME. — Procavia capensis ( Pallas, 1766) View in CoL .

See Shoshani (2005: 88) and Hoeck (2011: 43).

COLLECTOR/S. — Initially collected by M. van Estland and provided to the Baudin expedition at Cape Town ( Péron 1804a).

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Cape Town, South Africa.

COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804.

COMMENTS. — One specimen was collected alive by F. P. Fauvre ( Péron 1804a). Two animals were taken alive back to France on board Le Géographe ( Jangoux et al. 2010: 269, 276).

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80132 ( Fig. 124 View FIG ; living animal, feet and skull), Inv. no. 80133 ( Fig. 125 View FIG ; sketch of a living animal), and Inv. no. 80147-1 and 80147-2 ( Figs 126 View FIG ; 127 View FIG ; feet and muzzle).