Procavia capensis (Pallas, 1766) . Misc. Zool., p. 30.

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

DISTRIBUTION: Syria; Lebanon; Israel; Arabia; N. E. Africa; Senegal to Somalia to N. Tanzania; S. Malawi to S. Angola, Namibia and South Africa; isolated mountains in Algeria and Libya.

COMMENT: Includes habessinica, johnstoni, ruficeps, syriaca, and welwitchii; see Roche, 1972, Mammalia, 36:22-49, and Corbet, 1979, Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zool., 36:251-259; but see also Bothma, 1971, Part 12:1-8.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301416001003001001.