PROCAVIIDAE Thomas, 1892

Amori, Giovanni, Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Decher, Jan, Assou, Delagnon, Gippoliti, Spartaco & Luiselli, Luca, 2016, Non-marine mammals of Togo (West Africa): an annotated checklist, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 201-244 : 221

Family PROCAVIIDAE Thomas, 1892

Dendrohyrax dorsalis (Fraser, 1854) ▶

HISTORICAL LITERATURE. — It is the only member of the genus known from West Africa (Nowak, 1999). The first record of this genus in Togo were given by Dowsett-Lamaire & Dowsett (2011). They listed it from Bénali, Kpété Béna and Klouto.

Procavia capensis kerstingi ( Matschie, 1899) ▶ ( Fig. 16 )

HISTORICAL LITERATURE. — The species was first cited for Togo by Matschie (1899).

VOUCHERS. — Twenty-one vouchers, originating from Aledgo Kadarra, Kumonde, Sokodé, Tschyati, and Kantinde are currently stored in the ZMB. Two additional vouchers, captured at Pewa, are currently stored in the NMNH.

ORIGINAL DATA. — A recent photo was obtained in the Togodo National Park ( Fig. 16 ).

Figures

FIG. 16. — Procavia capensis kerstingi (Matschie, 1899) from Togodo National Park. Photograph: Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto.