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--> GENUS Dendrohyrax
SPECIES Dendrohyrax arboreus
Author: | A. Smith, 1827. | Citation: | Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 15: 468. | Common Name: | Southern Tree Hyrax. | Type Locality: | South Africa, Western Cape Prov., forests of Cape of Good Hope. | Distribution: | Western Cape Prov., Eastern Cape Prov., and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa); Mozambique; Zambia; Malawi; Dem. Rep. Congo; Tanzania to Kenya and Sudan. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable as D. validus and as D. arboreus South African subpopulation only, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Includes validus; no subspecies are recognized until detailed study is conducted. |
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adersi Kershaw, 1924 adolfi-friederici (Brauer, 1913) bettoni (Thomas and Schwann, 1904) braueri Hahn, 1933 crawshayi (Thomas, 1900) helgei (Lönnberg and Gyldenstolpe, 1925) laikipia Dollman, 1911 mimus (Thomas, 1900) neumanni (Matschie, 1893) ruwenzorii (Neumann, 1902) scheelei (Matschie, 1895) scheffleri (Brauer, 1913) schubotzi (Brauer, 1913) schusteri Brauer, 1917 stuhlmanni (Matschie, 1892) terricola Mollison, 1905 validus True, 1890 vilhelmi (Lönnberg, 1916) vosseleri Brauer, 1917
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