Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10:261.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sierra Leone .

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

SYNONYMS: armata, burrowsi, centralis, turneri.

COMMENTS: Includes centralis and turneri; see Misonne (1974:8).