Tatera robusta (Cretzschmar, 1826) . In Rüppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afrika, Zool. Säugeth., 1:75.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sudan, Ambukol .

DISTRIBUTION: Burkina Faso, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania (see Bates, 1985, 1988).

SYNONYMS: bayeri, bodessae, iconica, loveridgei, macropus, mombasae, muansae, pothae, shoana, swaythlingi, taylori, vicina.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Taterona . Revised by Bates (1988).