Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters, 1852 . Reise nach Mossambique, Saugethiere, p. 170.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mozambique, Querimba coast, about 10° 30' to 12° S., 40° 30' E., sea level .

DISTRIBUTION: Mouth of the Congo River to Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, W. and S. Tanzania, Mozambique, and South Africa.

COMMENT: Revised by Corbet and Jones, 1965, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1965:285-300.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410017002001001.