Profelis aurata subsp. aurata Temminck 1827

Profelis aurata subsp. aurata Temminck 1827, Monogr. Mamm., Vol. 1: 120.

Type Locality: "Nous ne savons pas au juste dans quelle partie du globe a été trouvé"; fixed by Van Mensch and Van Bree (1969) to "probably the coastal region of Lower Guinea (Between Cross River and River Congo...)".

Synonyms: Profelis aurata subsp. celidogaster (Temminck 1827); Profelis aurata subsp. chrysothrix (Temminck 1827); Profelis aurata subsp. neglecta (Gray 1838); Profelis aurata subsp. rutila (Waterhouse 1843) .