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 Author Jackson, Stephen M. Vertebrate Pest Research Unit, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange Agricultural Institute, 1447 Forest Road, Orange, New South Wales 2800 (Australia) and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052 (Australia) and Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013 - 7012 (United States of America) and Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2010 (Australia) stephen. jackson @ dpi. nsw. gov. au stephen.jackson@dpi.nsw.gov Author Jansen, Justin J. F. J. Honorary Research Associate, Department of Vertebrates, Naturalis Biodiversity Center P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden (The Netherlands) justin.jansen@naturalis.nl Author Baglione, Gabrielle Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, Ville du Havre, Place du Vieux Marché, F- 76600 Le Havre (France) gabrielle. baglione @ lehavre. fr gabrielle.baglione@lehavre.fr Author Callou, Cécile Archéozoologie, archéobotanique: sociétés, pratiques et environnements (AASPE), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Case postale 55, 57 rue Cuvier F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) cecile. callou @ mnhn. fr cecile.callou@mnhn.fr text Zoosystema 2021 2021-07-22 43 21 387 548 journal article 5246 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a21 3034d59c-159d-493f-84f1-54058652b307 1638-9387 5142972 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:44FB8C35-C903-4DDD-BEF9-2B5384AA8156 Sorex capensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811 ( Fig. 157 ) Sorex capensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811: 184 . COMMON NAME. — Asian House Shrew. CURRENT NAME. — Suncus murinus Linnaeus, 1766 . See Hutterer (2005: 260) . COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1811: 185) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Île de France ( Mauritius ). I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827: 326) noted that Sorex capensis , the only individual owned by the Museum, was reported by Péron and Lesueur, as from the Île de France ( Mauritius ), not Cape Town. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 7 August and 16 December 1803 . SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data. Referred to by Girard (1856: 105) . COMMENTS. — Status of this taxon is unclear as I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827: 326) suggested that the type had originated from Île de France ( Mauritius ) and that S. capensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811 is a synonym of Sorex indicus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811: 183 (synonyme of Suncus murinus ( Linnaeus 1766 ; Hutterer 2005 ). Cabrera (1925: 143) placed Sorex capensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811 as a synonym of Sorex caeruleus Kerr, 1792 , which is currently a synonym of Suncus murinus ( Hutterer 2005: 260 ) . This placement is tentative given the Asian distribution of Suncus murinus , but possibly reflects an early introduction to Cape Town as it is known to have been widely introduced to other locations including Madagascar , parts of eastern Africa, Comoros , Île de France ( Mauritius ) and Réunion Islands ( Long 2003: 50-51 ; Hutterer 2005: 260 ; Cheke & Hume 2008: 95 ). Trouessart (1897: 199) and Meester (1961: 561) . Hutterer (2005: 260) did not recognise capensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811 . ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80109 ( Fig. 157 ; two living animals) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 363 ).