Pedetes capensis (Forster, 1778). Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm, 39: 109.
TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope.
DISTRIBUTION: South Africa; Namibia; Angola; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Zambia; S. Zaire; Tanzania; Kenya.
COMMENT: Includes surdaster; see Misonne, 1974, Part 6:8.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301410007001001001 as P. capensis.
5301410007001002001 as P. surdaster.