Pedetes capensis (Forster, 1778) . K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm, (1)39:109.

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

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, S Zaire, Tanzania, Kenya.

SYNONYMS: albaniensis Roberts, 1946; angolae Hinton, 1920; cafer Pallas, 1778; currax Hollister, 1918; damarensis Roberts, 1926; dentatus Miller, 1927; fouriei Roberts, 1938; larvalis Hollister, 1918; orangiae Wroughton, 1907; salinae Wroughton, 1907; surdaster Thomas, 1902; taborae G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1927; typicus A.. Smith, 1834.

COMMENTS: See Misonne (1974:8).