Rhynchogale melleri (Gray, 1865) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864:575 [1865].)

TYPE LOCALITY: "from a ravine on the outskirts of the Otto Estate, near Mbweni, about 2Vi miles west of Kilosa, Tanganyika Territory " [Tanzania] (pg. 79) .

DISTRIBUTION: Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

SYNONYMS: caniceps Kershaw, 1924; langi Roberts, 1938.