Heterohyrax brucei (Gray, 1868) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 1:44.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia (= Abyssinia) .

DISTRIBUTION: Egypt to W. Somalia to N. South Africa to E.C. Angola.

COMMENT: Allen, 1939 considered Hyrax syriacus a prior name for this species; Bothma, 1971, Part 12:1-8, referred syriacus to Procavia; see comment under P. capensis .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301416001002001001.