Dendrohyrax dorsalis (Fraser, 1855) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1854:99 [1855].

TYPE LOCALITY: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko .

DISTRIBUTION: Gambia to N Angola; Bioko (Equatorial Guinea); C and NE Zaire; N Uganda.

SYNONYMS: adametzi, aschantiensis, beniensis, brevimaculatus, congoensis, emini, latrator, marmota, nigricans, rubriventer, stampflii, sylvestris, tessmanni, zenkeri.

COMMENTS: See Jones (1978, Mammalian Species, 113).