Dendrohyrax arboreus (A. Smith, 1827) . Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 15:468.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape Prov., forests of Cape of Good Hope .

DISTRIBUTION: Cape Prov. and Natal (South Africa); Mozambique; Zambia; Malawi; Zaire; Tanzania to Kenya and the Sudan.

SYNONYMS: adolfi-friederici, bettoni, braueri, crawshayi, helgei, ntintus, ruwenzorii, scheelei, scheffleri, schubotzi, stuhlmanni, vilhelmi.