Chrysospalax villosus (A. Smith, 1833) . S. Afr. Quart. J., 2:81.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Towards Natal", near Durban, South Africa; see Roberts (1951:121) .

DISTRIBUTION: Transvaal and Natal (South Africa).

STATUS: IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: dobsoni, leschae, pratensis, rufopallidus, rufus, transvaalensis.

COMMENTS: Meester et al. (1986:16-17) listed dobsoni, leschae, rufopallidus, rufus, and transvaalensis as subspecies.