Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 10:261.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sierra Leone .

DISTRIBUTION: Gambia; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ghana; Zaire; Kenya; Uganda; S. Sudan.

COMMENT: Includes centralis and turneri; see Misonne, 1974, Part 6:8.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410017001001001 as A. africanus .

5301410017001002001 as A. centralis .

5301410017001004001 as A. turneri .