Pedetes Illiger, 1811 . Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium., p. 81.

TYPE SPECIES: Yerbua capensis Forster, 1778 .

SYNONYMS: Helamis F. Cuvier, 1821; Helamys G. Cuvier, 1816; Pedestes Gray, 1843; Yerbua Forster, 1778 .

COMMENTS: See Misonne (1974:9).