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Macroscelidea

Macroscelididae

Petrodromus tordayi tumbanus Kershaw, 1923 Rev.Zool.Afr., vol. 11, p. 360 Current name: Petrodromus tetradactylus Peters, 1846 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 84 Type RMCA 7270 adult female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition, skull with M3 out, damaged, no mandible Rec: Schouteden, 28 February 1921, field number 299 Loc: Bikoro, RDCongo, 0.45 S – 18.17 E Kershaw mention also 307 (RMCA 6796), it is younger and not full grown. According the register this is a co-type. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘beschreven naar exemplaren die ik zelf inzamelde’

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Hyracoidea

Procaviidae

Dendrohyrax arboreus braueri Hahn, 1933 Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde Vol. 8, p. 278 Current name: Dendrohyrax arboreus (Smith, 1827) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 87 Type RMCA 4888 adult male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition skeleton, not complete Rec: Gerard, March 1919 Loc: Elisabethville (Etoile du Congo), RDCongo, 11.4 S – 27.3 E Hahn mention also 4883 but not as a paratype. 4883 is a juvenile (pd3 out) with a broken skull and a stuffed skin in good condition. It comes from Kambove (10.50 S – 26.39 E) and is collected by Gerard in October 1918. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘beschreven naar materiaal in onze verzameling’

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Hyracoidea

Procaviidae

Dendrohyrax beniensis Brauer, 1917 Sitzb.Ges.Naturf.Freunde, p. 295 Current name: Dendrohyrax dorsalis (Fraser, 1855) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 87 Syntype RMCA 3140 adult Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, not full grown, in good condition Rec: Bonnevie, 20 April 1913, field number 59 Loc: Beni-Zambo, RDCongo, 0.40 N – 29.34 E RMCA 3141 juvenile male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M1 out, M2 not fully erupted, in bad condition Rec: Bonnevie, 28 December 1912, field number 64 Loc: Kalumendo-Beni, RDCongo, 0.29 N – 29.29 E Brauer give measurements for the skin 3141 and for the skull 3140. He doesn’t indicate a type. According the register RMCA 3143 is also a type, but it isn’t mentioned in the description. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type in onze verzameling’

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Hyracoidea

Procaviidae

Dendrohyrax brevimaculatus Brauer, 1917 Sitzb.Ges.Naturf.Freunde, p. 296 Current name: Dendrohyrax dorsalis (Fraser, 1855) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 87 Type RMCA 3136 adult male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bonnevie, 12 November 1913, field number 142 Loc: Lesse, RDCongo, 0.45 N – 29.48 E RMCA 3135 is a cotype according the register but it isn’t mentioned in the description. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type in ons bezit’

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Hyracoidea

Procaviidae

Dendrohyrax congoensis Brauer, 1917 Sitzb.Ges.Naturf.Freunde, p. 295 Current name: Dendrohyrax dorsalis (Fraser, 1855) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 87 Type RMCA 3144 adult male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bonnevie, 15 November 1913, field number 160 Loc: Beni-Cartoushi, RDCongo, 0.29 N – 29.29 E Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type in onze verzameling’

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Hyracoidea

Procaviidae

Dendrohyrax rubriventer Brauer, 1917 Sitzb.Ges.Naturf.Freunde, p. 295 Current name: Dendrohyrax dorsalis (Fraser, 1855) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 87 Type RMCA 3142 adult Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in bad condition Rec: Bonnevie, 7 February 1913, field number 34 Loc: Beni-Kalumendo, RDCongo, 0.29 N- 29.29 E Hahn doesn’t list D.rubriventer in 1935. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type in ons bezit’

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Hyracoidea

Procaviidae

Procavia ituriensis Brauer, 1917 Sitzb.Ges.Naturf.Freunde, p. 303 Current name: Procavia capensis (Pallas, 1766) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 88 Type RMCA 918 adult female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition, no mandible Rec: Bayer, between 10 and 19 April 1911 Loc: Kwesi-Kilo, Ituri, RDCongo, 1.3 N – 30 E Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Het Type-exemplaar is in ons bezit’

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Proboscidea

Elephantidae

Elephas africanus fransseni Schouteden, 1914 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 3, p. 396 Current name: Loxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 91 Type RMCA 2422 juvenile male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with pd4 in use and M1 not completed, in bad condition skeleton, not complete, in fair condition Rec: Franssen, 24 July 1913 Loc: M’Paa, Lake Leopold II, RDCongo, 1.55 S – 18.20 E Schouteden doesn’t give a number but in the register and on the labels this one is indicated as type. He doesn’t mention a second animal but there is another one from Franssen (same date, same locality), RMCA 3396 with M2 already in use. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type-exemplaar van Fransseni’

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Primates

Galagidae

Galago senegalensis inustus Schwarz, 1930 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 19, p. 391 Current name: Galago matschiei Lorenz, 1917 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 125 Type RMCA 10387 adult female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Van Canneyt, received 2 July 1930, field number 56 Loc: Djugu, RDCongo, 1.55 N – 30.32 E Paratype RMCA 10386 adult male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Van Canneyt, received 2 July 1930, field number 55 Loc: Djugu, RDCongo, 1.55 N – 30.32 E According the description 10387 a female with number 55 is the type but in the register and on the labels 10386 is 55, 10387 is 56 and 10388 (57) indicated as co-type but it was not mentioned by Schwarz. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type en Paratypen zijn in ons bezit’

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Primates

Galagidae

Galago crassicaudatus lestradei Schouteden, 1953 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 48, p. 113 Current name: Otolemur montieri (Bartlett, 1863) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 127 Syntype RMCA 19908 adult male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition skeleton, not complete Rec: Lestrade, 1 January 1950 Loc: Rwinkavu, alt. 1500 m, Rwanda, 1.58 S – 30.34 E RMCA 19803 adult Prp: flat skin in fair condition skull and skeleton preserved in alcohol Rec: Lestrade, 1 January 1950 Loc: Rwinkavu, Rwanda Date for 19908 in register is 1 June 1950, for 19803 January 1950. Schouteden has described the subspecies in October 1953 based on 19803, 19908 and the information he got from Lestrade about four animals (three adults and a juvenile) collected 21 July 1953. The skulls and skeletons of three animals arrived 28 December 1953, a female (21921) and two juveniles (21922 and 21923). Stuffed skins of two adults (23057 and 23059) and a juvenile (23058) arrived on 7 September 1955, in the register the two adults are indicated as paratypes. Another two stuffed skins got finaly a number the 6th June 1991, an adult (91.043-M-0001) and a juvenile (91.043-M-0002), I have no indication when they arrived. For the four animals of July 1953 we have now 5 skins (three adults and two juveniles) and three skulls (one adult and two juveniles). So I can’t be sure that any of these animals match the information from Lestrade and I don’t accept them as paratypes.

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus ascanius cirrhorhinus Matschie, 1912 Ann.Soc.Roy.Zool. et Malac.Belge, Vol. 47, p. 70 Current name : Cercopithecus ascanius (Audebert, 1799) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 154 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

347 adult male mounted specimen in bad condition Weyns, received in 1899 Tshopo, RDCongo, 0.28 N – 25.33 E

According the text the skull was present and he gives measurements but I can’t find it. Schwarz in 1928 said that 247 (C.a.pelorhinus) and 356 are in Berlin, he don’t mention a skull for 347 nor 351. In the register the locality is ‘district Stanleyville’, and all the other specimens mentioned are from the right bank of the river so the type locality is certainly not lower Lomami, Lonnberg in 1919 mention as type-locality Tshopo. Are mentioned in the description but not as paratypes, 246 adult female mounted in good condition, no skull, 248 adult male mounted in good condition, no skull, 249 juvenile flat skin in fair condition and a skull (pd4 out), 351 according the register in Berlin, should be mounted and a skull, 356 see Schwarz 1928, should be a skin but no skull, 357 juvenile mounted in good condition, no skull. So the only skull we have is 249, a juvenile. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘de Typen in onze verzameling berusten’

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Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus ascanius katangae Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 7, p. 122 Current name :Cercopithecus ascanius (Audebert, 1799) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 154 Syntype RMCA 3504 adult male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition, no mandible Rec: de Baillet-Latour, 14 March 1915 Loc: Kinda, RDCongo, 9.14 S – 25.04 E RMCA 3505 adult female Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: de Baillet-Latour, 16 March 1915 Loc: Kinda, RDCongo, 9.14 S – 25.04 E Lonnberg say 3504 to 3514. He doesn’t say that 3504 and 3505 are male and female type but in the register these two are indicated as type and the rest + 3516 are co-type. Lonnberg give measurements for two skulls. So I take 3504 and 3505 as syntype. All are from Kinda and 3506 flat skin in poor 3507 flat skin in good 3508 flat skin in good 3509 flat skin in good 3510 flat skin in poor 3511 flat skin in good 3512 flat skin in good 3513 flat skin in good 3514 flat skin in good

probably collected by Charliers for de Baillet-Latour. condition, no skull, condition, skull (M2 out) in fair condition, condition, skull (M2 out) in good condition, no mandible, condition, no skull, condition, no skull, condition, skull (M3 out) broken, condition, no skull, condition, skull (M2 out) in good condition, condition, skull (M2 out) in good condition,

We have a skull for 3509 (M2 out) but it is a Cercopithecus mitis and for 3510 (M1 out) a Colobus angolensis, and a mandible for 3504 (M3 out) a Colobus angolensis. 3516 is also a young C.a.katangae. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Typen in ons museum’

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus ascanius orientalis Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 7, p. 125 Current name :Cercopithecus ascanius (Audebert, 1799) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 154 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

2169 female flat skin in good condition Bayer, 8 June 1913, field number 101 Campi Simba, Zuwani river, Kenya, 3.22 S – 37.47 E

Lonnberg don’t mention a skull. There are doubts about the type locality, Bayer has collected in Kivu-Ruwenzori, on Mt Elgon and around the Kilimanjaro. I have a skull and skeleton for 2169 but that is a Chlorocebus pygerythrus. In Wilson and Reeder, 2005 and in Primate Taxonomy (Groves, 2001) the author is Lorenz but Einar Lonnberg is correct. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niet genoemd

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus cephus ngottoensis Colyn, 1999 Mammalia, vol. 63, n° 2, 143 Current name: Cercopithecus cephus (Linnaeus, 1758) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 155 Type MNHN 1999.180 adult male from Sangara, CAR, 4.04 N - 18.13 E, collected by Colyn, 17 September 1988, skin, skull, field number R18721 Paratypes MNHN 1963.277, 1963.295, 1963.296, 1964.1544, 1964.1606 and 1967.991 6 specimens from Boukoko, CAR, 3.54 N – 17.55 E, collected by Pujol RMCA 93.091-M-0025 Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Colyn, August 1993, field number R12116 Loc: Londo, Central African Republic, 3.38 N – 17.06 E

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus denti liebrechtsi Dubois and Matschie, 1912 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 1, p. 439 Current name: Cercopithecus denti Thomas, 1907 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 155 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

245 adult male mounted specimen in good condition Weyns, received July 1899 Stanley Falls, RDCongo, 0.3 N – 25.12 E

According the description there was a skull but I can’t find it, already in 1942 Schouteden didn’t indicated the presence of a skull. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘waarvan het Type in ons museum berust’

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus dryas Schwarz, 1932 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 21, p. 251 Current name: Cercopithecus dryas Schwarz, 1932 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 156 Type RMCA 11350 juvenile male Prp: flat skin in good condition, was stuffed skull with M1 out, M2 visible, in good condition Rec: Guilmot, received 12 September 1931 Loc: Lomela River, RDCongo, 2 S – 23.3 E Wilson and Reeder, 2005 gives Schwartz as author. Schouteden was informed by Hendrickx, and according to him the exact locality is Watsi by the Tumbenga river, Tshuapa. I can’t find Watsi but for the Tumbenga river I find 1.15 S – 23.32 E to 2 S – 24 E, this is more or less the Salonga National Park North, see also the next item. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘als Type in onze verzameling wordt bewaard’

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus salongo Thys van den Audenaerde, 1977 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 91, p. 1001 Current name: Cercopithecus dryas Schwarz, 1932 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 156 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

77.008-M-0001 flat skin in good condition Kano Takayoshi, 7 February 1977 Wamba near Djolu, RDCongo, 0.01 N – 22.33 E

Colyn, Gautier-Hion and Thys van den Audenaerde in Folia Primatologica, 1991, 56, 167-170 say that the type of C.salongo is in fact a C.dryas. They use as number 77.08-M-12 but they did mean 77.008-M-0001. In the description an allusion to the Salongo National Park is made, river and park is Salonga, and 200 km to the south.

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus insignis Elliott, 1909 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., vol. 8, p 274 Current name: Cercopithecus kandti Matschie, 1905 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 156 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

3429 flat skin in good condition Zoo Antwerp, received in July 1914 Zoo Antwerp

Elliott describes a living animal with ‘affinity for C.moloneyi’. He hasn’t seen the mounted specimen. There was a skull and a skeleton for RMCA 3429 but that is an Erythrocebus patas (determination: Verheyen 1957). The skull fits the skin of RMCA 3476 a young patas. I have corrected the number for skull and skeleton. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘in ons bezit bevindt zich het Type-exemplaar’

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus leucampyx elgonis Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 7, p. 133 Current name: Cercopithecus mitis Wolf, 1822 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 157 Syntype RMCA 4152 Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bayer, field number 1072 Loc: Mt.Elgon, Kenya, 1.10 N – 34.32 E RMCA 4153 Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M2 out, in good condition skeleton, not complete Rec: Bayer, field number 1071 Loc: Mt.Elgon, Kenya, 1.10 N – 34.32 E According Lonnberg there were 3 adult specimens from Elgon, we have only one adult. According our register 4152 is the type and 4153 is not indicated as co-type. If there are two animals in Stockholm, 4153 isn’t a syntype, if there is only one in Stockholm then Lonnberg hasn’t seen three adults. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niet genoemd, afkomstig uit Kenya

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus mitis heymansi Colyn and Verheyen, 1987 Mammalia, 51 (2), p.274 Current name: Cercopithecus mitis Wolf, 1822 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 157 Type RMCA 86.025-M-0004 adult male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Colyn, August 1985, field number z15170 Loc: Yaenero, RDCongo, 0.12 N – 24.47 E Paratype RMCA 86.025-M-0005 adult female Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Colyn, July 1985, field number z15040 Loc: Yaenero, RDCongo, 0.12 N – 24.47 E

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus leucampyx maesi Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 7, p. 133 Current name: Cercopithecus mitis Wolf, 1822 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 157 Type RMCA 2645 juvenile Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M2 out, in fair condition Rec: Maes, received 26 January 1914, field number 339 Loc: Kutu, RDCongo, 2.44 S – 18.08 E Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een jong exemplaar dat in ons museum berust’

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus brazzae uelensis Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 7, p. 130 Current name: Cercopithecus neglectus Schlegel, 1876 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 157 Syntype RMCA 982 Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Hutereau, received 5 January 1912, field number 24 Loc: Zobia, RDCongo, 2.59 N – 25.55 E RMCA 1287 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition skeleton complete Rec: Hutereau, received 6 February 1913 Loc: Bafuka, RDCongo, 4.20 N – 27.58 E RMCA 4266 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M2 out, in good condition Rec: Christy, 30 June 1914, field number 1168 Loc: Poko, RDCongo, 3.08 N – 26.58 E Lonnberg says that two adult animals (982 and 1287) differ from the other Cercopithecus brazzae and gives a description of the skin but says also that it is too early to decide that these two belong to a different geographical race. In a post-scriptum he mention that a specimen that was received after printing agrees with the two he had seen. Because he doesn’t say that the newly arrived is in fact a juvenile I doubt that he has really seen it. I take all three as syntypes. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Typen berusten in onze verzameling’

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus mona schwarzi Schouteden, 1944 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 38, p. 196 Current name: Cercopithecus pogonias Bennett, 1833 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 158 Type RMCA 10648 juvenile male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M2 out, in good condition skeleton, not complete Rec: Vingerhoedt, received in Zoo of Antwerp the 5th November 1930 Loc: Maduda, Mayumbe, RDCongo, 4.55 S – 13.06 E Schouteden replace the name by Cercopithecus mona schwarzianus, no idea where or when , in the Dutch version (1947) it was still C.m.schwarzi but in the French version ‘Faune du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi’, 1948 it is corrected. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘van deze vorm bezitten wij een enkel exemplaar’

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus elegans Dubois and Matschie, 1912 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 1, p. 440 Current name: Cercopithecus wolfi Meyer, 1891 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 158 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

346 adult male mounted specimen in good condition Weyns, received in 1899 probably Lomami, RDCongo, 0 – 24 E

RMCA 308 a young female (also and it is from Aruwimi or the According the text there must ‘skull present’ for either of

mounted) isn’t a paratype, it is only mentioned other side of the stream. be two skulls. But already Schouteden didn’t note them.

Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘de twee in ons museum bewaarde Type-exemplaren’

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus pyrogaster Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 91, p. 137 Current name: Cercopithecus wolfi Meyer, 1891 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 158 Type RMCA 1007 adult female Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, damaged Rec: Charliers, received 27 January 1912 Loc: Atene, RDCongo, 5.25 S – 19.18 E Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘wij bezitten het Type-exemplaar’

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus pygerythrus katangensis Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 7, p. 141 Current name: Chlorocebus cynosuros (Scopoli, 1786) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 159 Type RMCA 3493 adult male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, damaged Rec: de Baillet-Latour, 14 February 1914, field number 200 Loc: Funda Biabo, RDCongo, 9.50 S – 25.32 E RMCA 3494 a juvenile male from Kinda is not indicated as paratype. It is a flat skin in bad condition and the skull isn’t present. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘de Typen zijn in ons museum bewaard’

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus aethiops lukonzolwae Matschie, 1912 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 1, p. 438 Current name: Chlorocebus cynosuros (Scopoli, 1786) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 159 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

516 male mounted specimen in good condition Weyns, received 7 May 1903 Lukonzolwa, RDCongo, 8.45 S – 28.40 E

Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘de Typen zijn in ons museum bewaard’

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Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus cynosurus weynsi Dubois and Matschie, 1912 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 1, p. 435 Current name: Chlorocebus cynosuros (Scopoli, 1786) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 159 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

126 adult male mounted specimen in good condition Weyns, received in February 1899 Banana, RDCongo, 5.58 S – 12.27 E

They mention also RMCA 168 an adult male from Kakongo collected by Cabra but the skin and skull are according the register in Berlin. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘de Typen zijn in ons museum bewaard’

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Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus cynosurus itimbiriensis Dubois and Matschie 1912 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 1, p. 437 Current name: Chlorocebus tantalus (Ogilby, 1841) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 159 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

306 juvenile male mounted specimen in good condition Weyns, received in August 1899 Itimbiri, RDCongo, 2.2 N – 23 E

According the description there is a skull. In the register 306 is a male but in the description they say female. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘het Type-exemplaar, dat in ons museum berust’

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Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus patas albosignatus Matschie, 1912 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 1, p. 433 Current name: Erythrocebus patas (Schreber, 1775) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 160 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

15 mounted specimen in good condition with skull still in Colmant Sassa, RDCongo, 3.35 N – 25.42 E

No date but in the description he used a photo published in 1903. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘beschreef ons exemplaar’

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus patas poliomystax Matschie, 1912 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 1, p. 434 Current name: Erythrocebus patas (Schreber, 1775) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 160 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

568 male mounted specimen in good condition De Pauw, received 16 June 1903 upper Congo river, RDCongo

RMCA 569 male Prp: skull with M3 out, in good condition skeleton, not complete Rec: De Pauw, received 16 June 1903 Loc: upper Congo river, RDCongo 568 and 569 are from the same animal. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een ander exemplaar in onze verzameling’

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Primates

Cercopithecidae

Cercocebus albigena weynsi Matschie, 1912 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 2, p. 211 Current name: Lophocebus albigena (Gray, 1850) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 160 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

108 juvenile mounted specimen (skull in) Weyns, received in October 1898 Sanga region, RDCongo

According to ‘A checklist of African mammals’, Allen 1939 C.a.weynsi is a synonyme of C.a.zenkeri. Also Matschie compares it with C.a.zenkeri from French Congo. Weyns send us along with this one a series of 25 animals from ‘Bas Congo’. In the gazetteer I find six localities for ‘Sanga’ in ‘Bas Congo’. Two of these localities are on the right side of the River, 5.11 S – 13.42 E and 5.18 S – 12.52 (also known as Sanga Bamba). For me the type locality is Sanga (Bamba) in RDCongo (5.18 S – 12.52 E) and not the Sanga region in French Congo (now Congo Brazzaville). Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niet genoemd, wel zenkeri uit het Sanga gebied, Frans Congo.

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Cercocebus congicus Sclater, 1899 Proc.Zool.Soc.London, p. 828 Current name: Lophocebus aterrimus (Oudemans, 1890) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 160 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

754 female mounted specimen (skull in) Fuchs, the Zoo of Antwerp received it in March 1899, we in April 1906 Stanley Falls, RDCongo, 0.30 N – 25.12 E

Sclater has seen a living female in the Zoo and not the mounted animal. Fuchs was the collector who sends it to the Zoo of Antwerp where L’Hoest was the director at that time. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type bevindt zich in onze verzameling’

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Cercocebus opdenboschi Schouteden, 1944 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 38, p. 193 Current name: Lophocebus opdenboschi (Schouteden, 1944) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 161 Type RMCA 15647 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition skeleton, not complete Rec: Soeur Imelda, received 5 October 1939 Loc: Mwilambongo, RDCongo, 4.57 S – 19.49 E Schouteden mention also other animals but not as paratypes, and he don’t give the numbers but these are probably the ones. RMCA 13611 and 13612 from between Kasongo Lunda and Francois Joseph Falls, collector Schwetz, a flat skin (juvenile) in good condition with a skull (M2 out) in fair condition, and a flat skin (adult) in good condition. RMCA 15011 from between Francois Joseph and Guillaume Falls, collector Vleeschouwers, a flat skin (adult) in good condition. And five extra skulls without skins: RMCA 13109 from Kasongo Lunda (Ronsmans) with M3 out, in good condition, RMCA 14833 and RMCA 14836 from Bayaka (Henrion) both with M3 out, in fair condition, RMCA 15945 from Francois Joseph falls (Vleeschouwers) but never seen, RMCA 13588 from Francois Joseph falls (Schwetz) with M3 out, in good condition. I do have a skin for 13588 but that is a C.neglectus. He say that the animal is unknown to the local people. Why has he chosen 15647 as holotype, all other specimens has localities more or less 7.3 S – 17.1 E? In Wilson and Reeder, 2005 I find as author, Shouteden. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘door mij beschreven naar exemplaren in ons museum’

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Miopithecus talapoin pilettei Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 7, p. 119 Current name: Miopithecus talapoin (Schreber, 1774) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 166 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

1800 male flat skin in good condition Pilette, 12 June 1912, field number 288 Kabawaki, Ruwenzori, alt. 2500 m, RDCongo, 0.23 N – 29.45 E

In Schouteden 1947 the locality is Kalamaki. And according the fiches it is Kabawake 0.23 N – 29.54 E. Kabawaki is not in the gazetteer and I can’t find it on maps. But around that time Pilette was in the neighbourhood of the Ruwenzori. In Wilson and Reeder, 2005 and Primate Taxonomy (Groves, 2001) the author is Lorenz, but it is Einar Lonnberg. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘die in ons museum bewaard wordt’

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Cercopithecus talapoin vleeschouwersi Poll, 1940 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 33, p. 131 Current name: Miopithecus talapoin (Schreber, 1774) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 166 Syntype RMCA 15671 adult female Prp: flat skin in good condition, was stuffed skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Vleeschouwers, 14 July 1939, field number 8 Loc: Bomu, RDCongo, 3.38 S – 16.36 E RMCA 15672 juvenile male Prp: flat skin in good condition, was stuffed skull with M2 out, damaged Rec: Vleeschouwers, 29 July 1939, field number 9 Loc: Kinseke, RDCongo, 4.08 S – 16.26 E In Wilson and Reeder, 2005 I find M.vlesschouwersi. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘beschreef naar materiaal in ons museum’

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Papio kindae Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 7, p. 147 Current name: Papio cynocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 166 Syntype RMCA 3495 adult female Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: de Baillet-Latour, 19 April 1915 Loc: Kinda, RDCongo, 9.18 S – 25.04 E RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

3496 adult female skin and skull in Stockholm de Baillet-Latour, 10 April 1915 Kinda, RDCongo

Lonnberg didn’t indicate type nor paratypes. According the register 3495 is the type, 3496 (skin and skull) is in Stockholm, 3497 and 3498 are co-types and the last four topo-types. So I take 3495 and 3496 as syntypes. All are from Kinda and probably collected by Charliers for de Baillet-Latour. 3497 flat skin in good condition, skull (M2 out) in good condition, no mandible 3498 flat skin in good condition, skull (pd4 out) in good condition, no mandible 3499 female, flat skin in good condition, skull (M3 out) broken 3500 flat skin in good condition, skull (M1 out) in good condition, mandible not complete 3501 flat skin in good condition, skull (pd4 out) in good condition 3502 flat skin in poor condition, skull (pd3 out) in good condition I do have a second skull for 3501 but that is a C.ascanius (see page 13). Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘De Typen berusten in onze verzameling’

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Colobus polycomos cordieri Rahm, 1959 Folia Scient.Afr.Cent., Vol. 5, p. 34 Current name: Colobus angolensis Sclater, 1860 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 167 Type Prp: lost(1) or released(2) Rec: Cordier Loc: Kampungu, RDCongo, 2.37 S – 26.47 E Metatype IRSAC L6758 Prp: skin and skull Rec: Christiansen, 10 December 1959 Loc: Tshoroba, RDCongo, 2.59 N – 26.15 E Paratype RMCA 26461 Prp: flat skin in good condition Rec: Rollais, received 18 June 1957 Loc: Wamaza, RDCongo, 4.13 N – 27.12 E RMCA 28534 Prp: flat skin (L6759) in good condition skull (L6769) with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Christiaensen, 10 December 1959 Loc: Tshoroba, RDCongo IRSAC L6757 adult male Prp: skin and skull Rec: Christiaensen, 10 December 1959 Loc: Tshoroba, RDCongo IRSAC L6753 adult female Prp: skin and skull Rec: Christiaensen, 9 December 1959 Loc: Mandana, RDCongo In a original note Cordier mention (no description) that in 1959 he captured in Kampungu a subadult Colobus polykomos and two adults which he released immediately. According to ‘Notes sur Colobus polycomos cordieri du Congo Belge’ by Rahm and Christiaensen - Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 61, p. 215-220 this subadult was lost. Meanwhile Christiaensen collect four animals and Verheyen publish the description of C.p.prigoginei (see next item). Because of this description Rahm send one animal (RMCA 28534) to Verheyen in Tervuren to compair it with the one from Kabobo. Verheyen find in the collection of RMCA two animals which resemble the one from Rahm, RMCA 26460 and 26461 from Wamaza collected by Rollais. Later that year Rahm and Christiaensen describe a metatype and indicate four paratypes, the ones of Christiaensen and one of RMCA.

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Colobus polykomos prigoginei Verheyen, 1959 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 60, p. 120 Current name: Colobus angolensis Sclater, 1860 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 167 Type RMCA 27106 adult male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Prigogine, 25 November 1957, field number 790 Loc: Mt.Kabobo, alt. 2400 m, RDCongo, 5.06 S – 29.06 E

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Colobus palliatus mawambicus Matschie, 1913 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 2, p. 205 Current name: Colobus angolensis Sclater, 1860 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 167 Type RMCA 766 adult male Prp: mounted specimen in bad condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Powell-Cotton, 27 July 1905, original number from Quex Park 175 Loc: N’Pemba, between Irumu and Mawambi, RDCongo, 1.03 N – 28.36 E Matschie mention also numbers 176 and 266 from Powell-Cotton (in Quex Park) and RMCA 691 from Panga, see next item. Schouteden (1947) mention 766 but not as a type and it is not in his material list. Wilson and Reeder say C.palliates Peters, 1868. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Deze wordt genoemd, maar niet als type.

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Colobus mawambicus nahani Matschie, 1914 Sitzb.Ges.Naturf.Freunde, Berlin, p. 335 Current name: Colobus angolensis Sclater, 1860 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 167 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

691 adult female mounted specimen in good condition Nahan, received in 1903 Panga, RDCongo, 1.52 N – 26.23 E

According the register and the label it comes from Banalia (1.33 N – 25.23 E). But Schouteden use Panga in his list. The skull is in Berlin. In 1913 mawambicus is a subspecies of C.palliatus, in 1914 it seems upgraded with C.m.nahani as subspecies. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type in ons museum’

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Colobus palliatus weynsi Matschie, 1913 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 2, p. 207 Current name: Colobus angolensis Sclater, 1860 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 167 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

14 adult male mounted specimen in good condition (skull in) Weyns ‘Bas Congo’, RDCongo

Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type in ons museum’

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Colobus matschiei ituricus Matschie, 1912 Ann.Soc.Zool. et Malac.Belge, Vol. 47, p 48 Current name: Colobus guereza Ruppell, 1835 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 168 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

556 adult male skin destroyed according the register Anzelius, 30 August 1902 Ibina forest, Ituri, RDCongo, 1 N – 29 E

RMCA 557 adult male Prp: skull missing skeleton, not complete Rec: Anzelius, 30 August 1902 Loc: Ibina forest, Ituri, RDCongo, 1 N – 29 E 556 and 557 are the same animal. Beside the type Matschie give us one extra number RMCA 571 and another five from Quex Park, Powell-Cotton. 571 isn’t a monkey but a Hyemoschus. RMCA 570 is a guereza of unknown origin and in the register is said that it can be used for repair if necessary, it was indicated as type but corrected afterwards. The only other guereza at that time present is RMCA 742, see next item or by Matschie the previous page. So I don’t find anything that match his RMCA 571. Schouteden says that the type is present but it is not in his material list, and I find only the skeleton in our collection. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type in ons museum’

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Colobus matschiei uellensis Matschie, 1912 Ann.Soc.Zool. Et Malac.Belge, Vol. 47, p 47 Current name: Colobus guereza Ruppell, 1835 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 168 Type RMCA 742 female Prp: mounted specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Polidori, received 29 July 1905 Loc: Uele, RDCongo Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type in ons museum’

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Piliocolobus anzeliusi Matschie, 1914 Sitzb.Ges.Naturf.Freunde, Berlin, p. 339 Current name: Piliocolobus foai (de Pousargues, 1899) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 169 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

644 adult male mounted specimen in good condition Anzelius, received 19 July 1903 Ibina River, RDCongo, 1 N – 29 E

According the description and the register there must be a skull. Also Schouteden in 1942 indicated it as skin and skull but I haven’t seen it. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type in ons museum’

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Colobus brunneus Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 60, p. 112 Current name: Piliocolobus foai (de Pousargues, 1899) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 169 Type RMCA 1291 Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition. skeleton not complete Rec: Hutereau, received 6 February 1913 Loc: Sili, RDCongo, 4.05 N – 27.05 E Lonnberg mention also RMCA 977 a and b from 80 km E of Buta, RDCongo, collected by Hutereau and received the 5th January 1912, both flat skins are in good condition, 977a is a skull (M3 out) in good condition and 977b a skull (M3 out) in fair condition. RMCA 3405 from Mukoko, RDCongo, collected by Bequaert received 2 July 1914, is a flat skin in good condition and a skull (M3 out, not full grown) in good condition. Lonnberg says that the two from Buta are from this species but maybe they are another race. In the register all three are indicated as co-type. Lonnberg mention that his C.brunneus is maybe C.schubotzi but that the description of Matschie is too short to be sure. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Typen in ons bezit’,

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Colobus rufomitratus parmentieri Colyn and Verheyen, 1987 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 101, p. 126 Current name: Piliocolobus foai (de Pousargues, 1899) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 169 Type RMCA 80.057-M-0001 adult female Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Colyn, field number z15015 Loc: Mabobi, RDCongo, 0.01 N – 25.19 E Also mentioned but not as paratype, RMCA 12203 male from Stanleyville, RDCongo, collected by Schwetz received 29 November 1933. A flat skin in good condition, the skull is broken (M3 out). RMCA 80.057-M-0002 female from Yaenero, RDCongo, collected by Colyn. A flat skin in good condition and a skull (M2 out) in good condition. RMCA 80.057-M-0003 female from Mabobi, RDCongo, collected by Colyn. Only a skull (M3 out) in good condition. According my file both (80.057) are from Mabobi. In 1993 Marc Colyn changed the name in C.r.parmentierorum, Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 107(4) page 319, in a footnote.

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Colobus badius semlikiensis Colyn, 1991 RMCA, Ann.Zool.Wet., Vol. 264, p. 71 Current name: Piliocolobus foai (de Pousargues, 1899) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 169 Type RMCA 37662 adult male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition, mandible damaged Rec: de Witte, 16 May 1955, field number 1432 Loc: Tungula, alt. 925 m, RDCongo, 0.31 N – 29.47 E Paratype RMCA 37651 adult female Prp: flat skin in good condition. Rec: de Witte, 17 December 1953, field number 670 Loc: Tungula, alt. 925 m, RDCongo

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Colobus lovizettii Matschie, 1912 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 2, p. 207 Current name: Piliocolobus tholloni (Milne-Edwards, 1886) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 170 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

678 subadult female mounted specimen in good condition Huertz, received 18 December 1903 Kutu, RDCongo, 2.44 S – 18.08 E

RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

679 subadult female skeleton, hands and feet not complete Huertz, received 18 December 1903 Kutu, RDCongo, 2.44 S – 18.08 E

678 and 679 are the same animal. In the register the suggestion is given that 679 (skeleton) and 680 (skull) are all from the same animal (678) and that only the skull is probably in Berlin. Matschie clearly mention two animals mounted with two separate skulls but I have only one mounted specimen, a skeleton and no skull. Also Schouteden haven’t seen the skulls in 1942. RMCA 680 is an adult female from Kutu, RDCongo collected by Tassin received 18 December 1903 and according the register in Berlin. Lovizetti is the donor not the collector. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘uit onze verzameling heeft Matschie een exemplaar uit Kutu beschreven’

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Hominidae

Gorilla gorilla rex-pygmaeorum Schwarz, 1927 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 14, p. 333 Current name: Gorilla beringei Matschie, 1903 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 181 Type RMCA 8187 adult male Prp: flat skin in good condition, was mounted skull with M3 out, in good condition skeleton, not complete Rec: Buxant, received 19 September 1925 Loc: Luofu, alt. 2000 m, RDCongo, 0.37 S – 29.07 E Paratype RMCA 6142 juvenile male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M2 out in good condition skeleton, not complete Rec: Pilette, field number 452 Loc: Kilimamensa, RDCongo, 1 S – 29.1 E He also mention 9290 but this is a leopard, it must be RMCA 9220 a male from Walikale (3 days north from), RDCongo, collected by Dorsinfang with a skull (M3 out) worn, broken and glued. 6142 is indicated as paratype by the photo of the skull pl. 13. The type is from Luofu (oldest label) and not Lubongo, locality in the register, in Schouteden and on the recent labels. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Typen in ons museum’

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Gorilla gorilla uellensis Schouteden, 1927 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 14, p. 335 Current name: Gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 182 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

100 adult male skull with M3 out, in good condition, smoked Le Marinel, received September 1898 Djabbir, RDCongo, 3.47 N – 23.50 E

RMCA 103 is probably the mandible, not smoked A real description doesn’t exist, in Schwarz 1927 is a footnote of Schouteden that says ‘ G.uellensis Matschie i.l. ‘ for the three gorillas from Bondo. The next year Schwarz says simply because no-one ever describe that Schouteden must be the author. He refers to 1927 ‘the non-description’ as ‘Eine kurze Charakteristik dieser Schadel habe ich selbst vor Kurzem gegeben.’ The first time that this name appears is in a letter. Matschie have written ‘Gorilla gorilla uellensis Mtsch. subsp. nov.‘ in a letter of 18 February 1905 to Coart (director of the museum at that time). He mention in that letter RMCA 100 (type), RMCA 101 (skull with M3 out and not full grown, without a mandible and black like the type), RMCA 102 (skull with M3 out in fair condition) and RMCA 103 (mandible which fits 100) and gives them all the name G.gorilla uellensis. We have two skulls from Bondo, the third one is from Mobele on the Itimbiri. I find Mobele as an affluent of the Kalamute, an affluent of the Aruwimi. In a publication (Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., 19,2 p. 300) from 1930 Schouteden say that the third one is from Mobili, Itimbiri (Mbili) but he also mention that Le Marinel collected the skulls in 1908. In the same publication he also mentions a gorilla from Motima (2.3 N – 21 E) an affluent of the Mongala collected by Grenfell although he warns himself that most of the gorilla sights in the area are in fact chimpanzees. See also Hofreiter et al. Am.J.Phys.Anthropol. 121: 361-368 (2003) they analyse a DNA-sample of RMCA 103, their conclusion is Gorilla gorilla. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘de typen berusten in ons museum’

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Pan satyrus paniscus Schwarz, 1929 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 16, p. 425 Current name: Pan paniscus Schwarz, 1929 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 183 Type RMCA 9338 adult female Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Ghesquiere, 1 September 1927 Loc: 30 km S of Befale, RDCongo, 0.1 N – 21 E Paratype BMNH 95.4.1.1 female from Bogandanga collected by Cole, only a skull I read 60 km South of Befale on an old label. RMCA 9396 a skull without mandible (adult female from Djombo, RDCongo collected by Ghesquiere in 1926) is indicated in the register as cotype. It isn’t mentioned by Schwarz. Wilson and Reeder,2005 gives Schwartz as author. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘het Type-exemplaar is ook in ons bezit’

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Fsihego ituriensis De Pauw, 1905 Notes sur la Solidification et le Montagne des grands Mammiferes, St Nicolas Belgique, p.13, pl. 1 Current name: Pan troglodytes (Blumenbach, 1775) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 184 Type RMCA 753 juvenile Prp: mounted specimen in good condition skull and skeleton (that must exist see page 14) missing Rec: gift of the Zoo of Antwerp, received 19 April 1906 Loc: Ituri, RDCongo Indicated as type in the register and in the publication on page 13 I read Fsihego ituriensis, Matschie, it comes from Ituri and central Congo, that’s it, no description. De Pauw has used a name that didn’t exist. Next page is a plate with a photo of a mounted animal and a skeleton. In the letter of 18 February 1905 from Matschie to Coart (see G.g.uellensis) Matschie gives a list with determinations for several animals of our collection. The remark by Simia fsihego ituriensis subsp.nov. is ‘maybe better as Simia fsihego nahani and Simia koolokamba ituricus’. RMCA 753 is not mentioned but RMCA 286, 302, 458, 545, 688, 689 and 690 are. In 1912 he described Simia ituricus but used animals from Quex Park as type and mention RMCA 545 and 558 for this species. Also in 1912 he described Simia nahani with RMCA 688 as type and mention 689 and 690. 286 an adult, 302 and 458 two young animals are forgotten in 1912. So in the end he didn’t describe Fsihego ituriensis, nobody did. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type in ons museum’

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Simia nahani Matschie, 1912 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 2, p. 118 Current name: Pan troglodytes (Blumenbach, 1775) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 184 Type RMCA 688 adult male Prp: mounted specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, broken Rec: Nahan, received 18 December 1903 Loc: Banalia, RDCongo, 1.33 N – 25.23 E Again two specimens indicated as paratype but they aren’t mentioned by Matschie. RMCA 689 and RMCA 690 are both juvenile females (mounted) from Banalia, RDCongo collected by Nahan and received 18 December 1903. The skulls are in good condition, 689 with M2 out and RMCA 690 with M1 out. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type in ons museum’

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Leporidae

Lepus ansorgei zairensis Hatt, 1935 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 26, p. 423 Current name: Lepus microtis Heuglin, 1865 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 201 Type RMCA 9936 Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition, mandible broken Rec: Sjoren, received 27 September 1929 Loc: Camp de la Lufu, lower Congo, RDCongo, 6.2 S – 13 E Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘beschreven naar een in ons bezit’

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Soricidae

Crocidura desperata Hutterer, Jenkins and Verheyen, 1991 Oryx, Vol. 25 , N°3, p. 165 Current name: Crocidura desperata Hutterer, Jenkins and Verheyen, 1991 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 229 Type RMCA 93.111-M-0001 adult male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Stuyck, 23 September 1987, field number 6259 Loc: Rungwe Mountains, Tanzania, 9.08 S – 33.40 E Paratype ZFMK 85.193 with field number 6255 from Rungwe Mountains and collected by Stuyck, stays by Hutterer. In the type list of Hutterer and Peters, 2010 this paratype is forgotten but it must be in ZFMK. They call it Sylvisorex. In Mammals of Africa, 2013 it is again Crocidura.

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Soricidae

Paracrocidura schoutedeni maxima Heim de Balsac, 1959 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 59, p. 26 Current name: Paracrocidura maxima Heim de Balsac, 1959 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 256 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

81.056-M-0117 male skull with M3 out, in good condition Pirlot, 1954, field number LA1085 Tshibati, RDCongo, 2.14 S – 28.47 E

There should be an alcohol specimen but I haven’t seen it.

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Soricidae

Paracrocidura schoutedeni Heim de Balsac, 1956 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 54, 137 Current name: Paracrocidura schoutedeni Heim de Balsac, 1956 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 256 Type RMCA 23463 adult male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition, mandible not complete Rec: Marks, received 25 May 1956 Loc: Tshimbulu, Lubondaie, 75 km south of Luluabourg, RDCongo, 6.30 S – 22.39 E

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Sylvisorex akaibei Mukinzi, Hutterer and Barriere, 2009 Mammalia, 73, p.130 Current name: Sylvisorex akaibei Mukinzi, Hutterer and Barriere, 2009 Type RMCA A1.097-M-0532 young adult male Prp: alcohol specimen in bad condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Mukinzi and Amundala, 17 June 2005, field number R28177 Loc: Masako, alt. 388 m, RDCongo, 0.36 N – 25.13 E Paratypes ZFMK 2006.168 Rec: Mukinzi and Amundala, 2 June 2005, field number R27986 Loc: Masako, RDCongo ZFMK 2006.169 Rec: Mukinzi and Amundala, 16 March 2005, field number R27855 Loc: Yelenge, alt. 392 m, RDCongo, 0.37 N – 25.11 E LEGERA DD9768 Rec: Mukinzi and Kadange, 13 November 2001 Loc: Masako, RDCongo LEGERA R27891 Rec: Mukinzi and Amundala, 20 March 2005, field number R27891 Loc: Yelenge, RDCongo LEGERA BA 459 Rec: Gambalemoke, 7 October 2006, field number BA 459 Loc: Baliko, alt. 497 m, RDCongo, 0.38 N – 26.09 E Also one aberrant specimen R28082 from Masako is mentioned. The three paratypes from LEGERA must be in Kisangani. ZFMK 2006.169 is not mentioned in the type list of Hutterer and Peters,2010.

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Soricomorpha

Soricidae

Sylvisorex vulcanorum Hutterer and Verheyen, 1985 Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, Vol. 50, p. 267 Current name: Sylvisorex vulcanorum Hutterer and Verheyen, 1985 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 263 Type RMCA 87.012-M-0001 adult female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, 27 July 1982, field number 3726 Loc: Karisoke, alt. 3100m, Rwanda, 1.28 S – 29.29 E Paratypes RMCA 87.012-M-0002 adult Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Verheyen, 9 June 1982, field number 3703 Loc: Kinigi, alt. 2100m, Rwanda, 1.26 S – 29.6 E RMCA 87.012-M-0003 adult Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, badly broken Rec: Verheyen, 31 May 1982, field number 2335 Loc: Kinigi, alt. 2100 m, Rwanda RMCA 87.013-M-0001 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, broken Rec: Wilson, 1982, field number 3006 Loc: Visoke, alt. 2700 m, Rwanda, 1.27 S – 29.30 E RMCA 87.014-M-0001 Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Hulselmans, 9 December 1981, field number 2063 Loc: Uwinka, alt. 2450 m, Rwanda, 2.28 S – 29.12 E ZFMK 85.193 Prp: alcohol specimen and skull Rec: Verheyen, 12 June 1982, field number 3738 Loc: Karisoke, Rwanda IRSNB 4841 Prp: skin and skull Rec: de Witte, 15 January 1934 Loc: Kibati, RDCongo

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Soricomorpha

Soricidae

Myosorex polli Heim de Balsac and Lamotte, 1956 Mammalia, 20, p. 155 Current name: Congosorex polli (Heim de Balsac and Lamotte, 1956) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 264 Type RMCA 23234 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition. skull with M3 out, in good condition, left mandible lost. Rec: Marks, received 9 December 1955 Loc: Lubondaie, RDCongo, 6.30 S – 22.39 E

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Chiroptera

Pteropodidae

Megaloglossus woermanni prigoginei Hayman, 1966 Annalen KMMA Zool. Wetenschappen, Vol 154, p. 26 Current name: Megaloglossus woermanni Pagenstecher, 1885 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 326 Type RMCA 32577 adult male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M2 out, damaged Rec: Prigogine, 25 May 1964, field number 1248 Loc: Kiliza by Kamituga, alt. 1370m, RDCongo, 3.44 S – 28.10 E Only for the type Hayman gives a number, but he mention nine specimens, don’t say that these are paratypes like the register and the labels suggest, RMCA 20429 male from Kamituga collected by Prigogine 21 December 1950 RMCA 21586 from Lundjulu collected by Schepens 14 October 1952 RMCA 32394 juvenile female from Kamituga collected by Prigogine 1 February 1964 RMCA 32578 female from Kiliza, 1430 m, collected by Prigogine 26 May 1964 RMCA 32579 female from Kiliza, 1420 m, collected by Prigogine 25 May 1964 RMCA 32580 female from Kitongo, 1390 m, collected by Prigogine 4 June 1964 RMCA 32581 female from Kitongo, 1370 m, collected by Prigogine 3 June 1964 RMCA 32582 female from Kiliza, 1380 m, collected by Prigogine 24 May 1964 RMCA 32583 female from Kiliza, 1410 m, collected by Prigogine 26 May 1964 Prp: all stuffed skins in good condition all skulls in good condition The one from Lundjulu is captured more than 3 degrees north from the rest.

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Chiroptera

Hipposideridae

Hipposideros gigas viegasi Monard, 1939 Arquivos do Museu Bocage Lisboa, TX III, p. 70 Current name: Hipposideros vittatus (Peters, 1852) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 377 Syntypes RMCA 15305 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Monard, 9 March 1938, field number 925 Loc: Madina, Boe, Guinee Bissau, 11.43 N – 14.11 W RMCA 15306 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Monard, received 15 May 1939, field number 916 Loc: Madina, Boe, Guinee Bissau, 11.43 N – 14.11 W A list of 19 specimens 908 to 926, he doesn’t indicate a type so all 19 are syntypes. Two of them are in Basel NMB 5266 and 5277 with field number 915 (male) and 908 (female). Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘bezitten paratypen van de vorm Viegasi’, waarom worden deze wel genoemd ze zijn niet van Congo of Rwanda.

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Chiroptera

Emballonuridae

Coleura kummeri Monard, 1939 Arquivos do Museu Bocage Lisboa, TX, p. 55 Current name: Coleura afra (Peters, 1852) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 386 Syntype RMCA 15313 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition Rec: Monard, 5 March 1938, field number 883 Loc: Madina, Boe, Guinee Bissau, 11.43 N – 14.11 W Monard doesn’t indicate a type, he gives only a list so all 13 are syntypes. Two of the animals are in Basel NMB 5277(881) and NMB 5278 (890). According ACR 2013 Paris MNHN 1940-1209/201 is a syntype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niet genoemd, van Guinee Bissau

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Chiroptera

Nycteridae

Nycteris aethiopica guineensis Monard, 1939 Arquivos do Museu Bocage Lisboa, TX, p. 66 Current name: Nycteris macrotis Dobson, 1876 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 393 Syntype RMCA 15310 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition Rec: Monard, December 1937, field number 285 Loc: Mansoa, Guinee Bissau, 12.03 N – 15.18 W No type indicated, so all five are syntypes. Basel NMB 5271 (319) and Geneve MHNG 1326.5 (283). The skull of RMCA 15310 is extracted, it must be somewhere. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niet genoemd, van Guinee Bissau

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Molossidae

Tadarida faini Hayman, 1951 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 45, p.82 Current name: Chaerephon pumilus (Cretzschmar, 1831) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 435 Type RMCA 20509 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out Rec: Fain, June 1951 Loc: Wago forest, between Blukwa and Lake Albert, RDCongo, 1.45 N – 30.37 E Paratype BMNH 51.629 female from the same collector and same locality.

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Chiroptera

Molossidae

Mops osborni occidentalis Monard, 1939 Arquivos do Museu Bocage Lisboa, TX, p. 78 Current name: Mops condylurus (Smith, 1833) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 442 Syntypes RMCA 15307 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition Rec: Monard, in 1937-1938, field number 223 Loc: Mansoa, Guinee Bissau, 12.03 N – 15.18 W RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

15308 female alcohol specimen in good condition Monard, in 1937-1938, field number 498 Contubo-el, Guinee Bissau, 12.23 N – 14.34 W

Monard gives a list of 29 specimens, no indication of a type so all are syntypes. Two are in Basel NMB 5268 (226) and NMB 5269 (275). Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niet genoemd, van Guinee Bissau

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Chiroptera

Molossidae

Mops osborni occidentalis, f. fulva Monard, 1939 Arquivos do Museu Bocage Lisboa, TX, p. 80 Current name: Mops condylurus (Smith, 1833) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 442 Syntype RMCA 15309 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition Rec: Monard, in 1937-1938, field number 229 Loc: Mansoa, Guinee Bissau, 12.03 N – 15.18 W A list of 11 specimens, he doesn’t indicate a type, so all are syntypes. In Basel they have NMB 5270 (232). Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niet genoemd, van Guinee Bissau

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Chiroptera

Vespertilionidae

Glauconycteris superba Hayman, 1939 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., ser. 11, Vol. 3, p.219 Current name: Glauconycteris superba Hayman, 1939 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 487 Type RMCA 14765 probably male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, slightly damaged Rec: Dubois, received 8 August 1938 Loc: Pawa, RDCongo, 2.31 N – 27.40 E Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Het enige bekend exemplaar is in ons bezit’

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Chiroptera

Vespertilionidae

Pipistrellus eisentrauti bellieri De Vree, 1972 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 85, p. 412 Current name: Hypsugo crassulus (Thomas, 1904) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 490 Type RMCA 35686 adult female Prp: stuffed skin in fair condition, one wing broken off but still present skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: De Vree, 19 November 1969, field number ax0104 Loc: Adiopodoume, alt. 0-30 m, Ivory Coast, 5.19 N – 4.07 W

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Carnivora

Felidae

Felis serval kivuensis Lonnberg, 1920 Rev.Zool.Afr.Vol. 7, fasc. 3, p. 242 Current name: Leptailurus serval (Schreber, 1776) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 540 Type RMCA 2901 Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M1 out, in good condition. complete skeleton Rec: Derche, received 20 April 1914 Loc: in the region Kivu Lake, RDCongo In the description Lonnberg mention that it was collected by Pauwels from the Kivu district. In the register and on the labels the collector is Derche. This is a very big serval and it is sick (syndesmophytes). Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Het Type-exemplaar is in ons bezit’

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Carnivora

Felidae

Felis maka Van Saceghem, 1942 Bull.Soc.Bot.Zool.Congolaise, vol. 5, p. 13 Current name: Profelis aurata (Temminck, 1827) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 should be on page 544 Syntype RMCA 17193 Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M1 out, in good condition Rec: Van Saceghem, end 1942 Loc: Rwankeri, Rwanda, 1.32 S – 29.32 E RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

17192 flat skin in good condition Van Saceghem, end 1942 Rwankeri, Rwanda, 1.32 S – 29.32 E

Van Saceghem didn’t indicate a type or number. In the register 17192 are two skins and 17193 is a skull, both skins and skull are indicated as type in the register and on the labels. Felis maka isn’t mentioned in Wilson and Reeder, 2005. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Typen van Felis maka’ in addenda blz 549

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Carnivora

Felidae

Felis leo bleyenberghi Lonnberg, 1914 Rev.Zool.Afr.Vol. 3, fasc. 2, p. 274 Current name: Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 546 Type RMCA 1220 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M1 out, in good condition Rec: Van Bleyenbergh, received 3 January 1913 Loc: Luapula and Luombwa rivers, Katanga, RDCongo, 10 S – 29 E RMCA 439 is the mounted female of which Lonnberg says that she must be from the same race. Pieces of RMCA 440 are used to repair 439. Lonnberg mention a mounted male from the Wissman falls but without a skull he can’t be sure. This is RMCA 460, Delhaye the collector said that the lion didn’t come from the Wissman falls (5.3 S – 21 E) as mentioned by Lonnberg but from the Franz-Joseph falls (7.3 S – 17 E). Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘beschreven naar exemplaren in onze verzameling’

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Carnivora

Viverridae

Genetta genetta hintoni Schwarz, 1929 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. (10) III, p. 47 Current name: Genetta angolensis Bocage, 1882 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 554 Type BMNH 21.7.18.10 Rec: Shortridge Loc: N’dola, Zambia Paratype RMCA 4988 Prp: flat skin in good condition Rec: Tinant Loc: Kundelungus, RDCongo, 10.32 S – 27.54 E Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘beschreven naar exemplaren uit Rhodesia in het BMNH en andere uit Katanga in ons museum’

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Carnivora

Viverridae

Genetta pardina schoutedeni Crawford Cabral, 1970 Sep. do Bol.Inst.Invest.Cient.Ang. 7 (2), p. 12 Current name: Genetta maculata (Gray, 1830) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 556 Type RMCA 18949 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M2 out, damaged Rec: Dupuis, 19 December 1948 Loc: Bokungu, RDCongo, 0.45 S – 22.25 E In the description RMCA 18499 is given as holotype but that is a cat, by the photo on page 13 he gives the correct number.

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Carnivora

Viverridae

Genetta tigrina soror Schwarz, 1929 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. (10) III, p. 48 Current name: Genetta maculata (Gray, 1830) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 556 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

4980 flat skin in good condition Tinant Kundelungus, RDCongo, 10.32 S – 27.54 E

In the description Schwarz say that the type was collected in 1920, possible but nothing in the register or on the label. He mentions six other skins. RMCA 1766 collected by Legros on the Kapiri Plateau, RDCongo, a flat skin in good condition and RMCA 4979, 4981, 4982, 4983 and 4987 collected by Tinant at Kundelungus, RDCongo, flat skins in good condition. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘De Typen zijn in ons bezit’

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Carnivora

Viverridae

Genetta servalina archeri Van Rompaey and Colyn, 1998 S.Afr.J.Zool. 33 (1), p. 43 Current name: Genetta servalina Pucheran, 1855 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 557 Type RMCA 97.047-M-0001 adult Prp: flat skin in poor condition skull with M2 out, damaged Rec: Archer, 15 February 1995 Loc: Kitogani, Zanzibar, 6.17 S – 39.26 E

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Carnivora

Viverridae

Genetta servalina schwarzi Crawford Cabral, 1970 Sep. do Bol.Inst.Invest.Cient.Ang. 7 (2), p. 8 Current name: Genetta servalina Pucheran, 1855 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 557 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

17546 flat skin in good condition Vleeschouwers, December 1945, field number 1198 Bompeso, RDCongo, 3.01 S – 16.55 E

Paratype RMCA 1188 Prp: flat skin in good condition Rec: Cambier, received 23 October 1912 Loc: Luluabourg, RDCongo, 5.53 S – 22.26 E RMCA 9917 Prp: flat skin in good condition Rec: Ghesquiere, April 1929 Loc: Lodja, RDCongo, 3.30 S – 23.23 E RMCA 11051 Prp: flat skin in good condition Rec: Ghesquiere, November 1930 Loc: Lodja, RDCongo RMCA 11052 juvenile Prp: flat skin in fair condition Rec: Ghesquiere, November 1930 Loc: Lodja, RDCongo

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Carnivora

Herpestidae

Crossarchus ansorgei nigricolor Colyn and Van Rompaey, 1990 Z.Saugetierkunde 55, p. 94 Current name: Crossarchus ansorgei Thomas, 1910 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 563 Type RMCA 88.014-M-0001 adult female Prp: flat skin in good condition skull adult with M2 out, in good condition Rec: Colyn, in 1984 or 1985, field number Z4483 Loc: Amadjabe, RDCongo, 0.04 S – 25.17 E Paratypes RMCA 88.014-M-0002, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 23, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 43, 50 Prp: skulls with M2 out, in good condition Rec: Colyn, in 1984 or 1985 Loc: Yaenero, RDCongo, 0.12 N – 24.47 E RMCA 88.014-M-0005, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, 19 – 22, 24 – 27, 29, 32, 33, 36, 38 – 42, 44 – 49, 51 Prp: skulls with M2 out, in good condition Rec: Colyn, in 1984 or 1985 Loc: Amadjabe, RDCongo RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

88.014-M-0060, 61 flat skins in good condition Colyn, in 1984 or 1985 Kodoro, RDCongo, 1.16 N – 20.06 E

RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

88.014-M-0062 -79 flat skins in good condition Colyn, in 1984 or 1985 Amadjabe, RDCongo

In the description the paratypes are 88.014-M-0002 to 71 but that isn’t correct. 88.014-M-0052 to 59 are skulls, not indicated as paratypes, while 88.014-M-0072 to 79 (skins) are labelled as paratypes.

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Carnivora

Herpestidae

Helogale percivali tenebrosa Lonnberg, 1918 Rev.Zool.Afr. Vol. 5, fasc. 3, p. 175 Current name: Helogale hirtula Thomas, 1904. Wilson and Reeder, 2005 should be on page 566 Type RMCA 5265 adult female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M2 out, in good condition Rec: Bayer, 29 May 1914, field number 582 Loc: Kerio river, Kenya, 0.40 N – 35.35 E H.percivali nor H.p.tenebrosa in Wilson and Reeder, 2005 (or 1993). They are both in Allen’s checklist 1939 and also in Mammals of Africa, 2013 as H.hirtula. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niet genoemd, is van Kenya.

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Artiodactyla

Suidae

Hylochoerus ituriensis Matschie, 1906 Ann.Mus.du Congo, Zoologie, ser. 5, tome 1, fasc. 1, p. 9 Current name: Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Thomas, 1904 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 638 Type RMCA 603 male Prp: mounted specimen in fair condition skull with M3 out, in good condition skeleton, only one fore and one hind limb Rec: Nahan, received 31 July 1903 Loc: Panga, RDCongo, 1.52 N – 26.23 E RMCA 603 to 607 collected by Nahan in Panga are mentioned with the adult male (603) as type. 604 (ad F) is a mounted animal. 605 (sad M) is a skull with M1 out in bad condition. 606 (juv) is a mounted animal.607 (juv F) is a flat skin and a skull with pd4 out in good condition and a skeleton (not complete). Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘beschreven naar exemplaren in ons museum’

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Artiodactyla

Suidae

Potamochoerus porcus albinuchalis Lonnberg, 1920 Rev.Zool.Afr. Vol. 7, fasc. 3, p. 245 Current name: Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus, 1758) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 639 Syntype RMCA 2713 adult male Prp: skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Maes, received 15 February 1914 Loc: Kutu, RDCongo, 2.44 S – 18.08 E RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

2714 juvenile skull with M2 out, in good condition Maes, received 15 February 1914 Kutu, RDCongo, 2.44 S – 18.08 E

Lonnberg has two skulls, an old boar and a juvenile, and a photo taken by Maes. He doesn’t indicate a type. He also mentions 2666 a juvenile from Barumbu, 2940 an adult and 2941 a subadult from Yongama as maybe the same race, all three are skulls. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘beschreven naar schedels in ons museum’

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Artiodactyla

Giraffidae

Giraffa camelopardalis congoensis Lydekker, 1903 Hutchinson’s Animal Life, 2: 83 Proc.Zool.Soc.London, 1:219, text-f. 33, 1904 Current name: Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 672 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

452 male skin in bad condition Bollens, received 13 September 1899 Redjaf by Dungu, RDCongo, 4.45 N – 31.35 E

Specimen was mounted but is now a skin in different parts. Lydekker haven’t seen the mounted specimen, the description is based on a photo. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Daaronder het Type-exemplaar’

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Giraffidae

Okapia liebrechtsi Forsyth Major, 1902 Proc.Zool.Soc.London, vol. 2: 73 Current name: Okapia johnstoni (Sclater, 1901) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 672 Type RMCA 480 male Prp: skull with M3 out, and P4 present, in fair condition skeleton complete Rec: Leoni, July 1901 Loc: Mundallah, between Mawambi and Beni, RDCongo, 0.4 N – 29 E Forsyth Major didn’t describe anything but publish a drawing of the skull and tell us only of the existence of a skin of a female and the complete skeleton of a male. RMCA 479 is the mounted female, it was send to Sweden. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Het skelet van het Type-exemplaar is in ons bezit’

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Artiodactyla

Bovidae

Aepyceros melampus katangae Lonnberg, 1914 Rev.Zool.Afr. Vol.3, n°2, p. 276 Current name: Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 673 Syntype RMCA 1256 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Sharp, 7 September 1912, field number 95 Loc: Kafubo River, Katanga, RDCongo, 11.41 S – 27.29 E Lonnberg indicate no type but mention several impalas from Katanga and gives measurements of two skulls, fully adult bucks, I take these as syntypes but the second skull is probably in Stockholm. In the register is 1256 the type specimen, together with 1261 of which I have a skin, this is maybe the second skull. For the other impalas from Katanga present in 1914 I find a skin for 474 and 1260, a mounted specimen 524 and two massacres 1970 and 2929. I haven’t seen 523 (a mounted specimen) and 1969 (a massacre). I do have a skull for 1260 but that is from a Tragelaphus. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Het type-exemplaar is in ons bezit’

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Bovidae

Damaliscus superstes Cotterill, 2003 Durban Mus.Novit, p 21 Current name: Damaliscus superstes Cotterill, 2003 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 677 Type NMZB 12514 female Rec: Allen, 15 May 1960 Loc: Muku Muku Flats, Zambia Paratypes RMCA 1238 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out in good condition Rec: Sharp, 8 August 1912, field number 37 Loc: Luombwa River, Bangweulu Flats, RDCongo, 12.25 S – 29.4 E RMCA 1240 female Prp: flat skin in good condition Rec: Sharp, 9 August 1912, field number 40 Loc: Luombwa River, Bangweulu Flats, RDCongo RMCA 7883 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out in good condition Rec: Pilette, received 1 April 1925, field number 843 Loc: Luombwa River, Bangweulu Flats, Zambia, 12.18 S – 29.32 E RMCA 7884 female Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out in good condition Rec: Pilette, received 1 April 1925, field number 845 Loc: Luombwa River, Bangweulu Flats, Zambia RMCA 7885 Prp: skull with M3 out in good condition Rec: Pilette, received 1 April 1925, field number 847 Loc: Luombwa River, Bangweulu Flats, Zambia RMCA 19137 male Prp: flat skin in poor condition skull with M3 out in good condition Rec: De Riemaecker, 21 October 1933, field number 321 Loc: Mokuku on the Luapula, Bangweulu Flats, Zambia, 12 S – 28.3 E Five more paratypes NMZB12515, 12516, 12754 and BMNH 33.3.3.32, 27.8.16.4 Cotterill mention that a picture of 19137 can be found in ‘Zoogdieren…’ in 1946 on page 342, this is a picture taken by De Riemaecker of a D.superstes. I am not sure that it is 19137.

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Bovidae

Tragelaphus scriptus johannae Schwarz, 1929 Rev.Zool.Afr. Vol. 16, n° 4, p. 423 Current name: Tragelaphus scriptus (Pallas, 1766) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 698 Type RMCA 5837 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Schouteden, 8 January 1922, field number 819 Loc: Kwamouth, RDCongo, 3.11 S – 16.16 E Schwarz has seen 29 specimens from Congo Museum and from the British Museum but didn’t say that they are paratypes. In the register I find 18 specimens indicated as paratypes, 104, 512 a, 512 b, 674, 675, 5812, 5852, 6961, 6962, 6963, 7627, 7677, 7678, 7825, 8123, 8132, 8136, 8140. But also 105, 113, 5822, 5824, 5827, and 5862 which are not indicated as such. So at least five specimens in BMNH, probably eleven. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘beschreven naar exemplaren in ons museum’

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Bovidae

Cephalophus nigrifrons kivuensis Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Afr. Vol. 7, fasc 2, p. 165 Current name: Cephalophus nigrifrons Gray, 1871 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 714 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

1275 adult female flat skin in good condition, horns still by the skin Moulron, received 24 January 1913 Lake Kivu, RDCongo

Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Het Type-exemplaar berust in onze verzameling’

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Bovidae

Cephalophus nigrifrons lusumbi Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Afr. Vol. 7, fasc 2, p. 168 Current name: Cephalophus nigrifrons Gray, 1871 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 714 Type RMCA 4156 adult male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out and P4 present, in good condition Rec: de Baillet-Latour, 21 March 1915 Loc: Kinda, RDCongo, 9.14 S – 25.04 E Lonnberg indicated the oldest male as the type, he mention also RMCA 4157 a female and RMCA 4158 a male, both with M3 out, but still milk dentition, from Kinda, collected by de Baillet-Latour. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Daaronder de Type-exemplaren van lusumbi’

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Bovidae

Cephalophus weynsi Thomas, 1901 Ann.Mus.Congo, Zool Ser I, Tome II, Fasc I, p. 15-16 Current name: Cephalophus weynsi Thomas, 1901 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 715 Syntype RMCA 238 juvenile male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M2 out, in fair condition, massacre cut off and away Rec: Weyns, received July 1899 Loc: district of Stanley Falls, RDCongo, 0.33 N – 25.14 E BMNH 1.5.4.7 juvenile female Rec: Weyns, received July 1899, originally RMCA 229 Loc: district of Stanley Falls, RDCongo Thomas gives a description of several skins, and says that the skull is more or less like C.nigrifrons. He give measurements for a male (RMCA 238) with M3 present but not fully erupted and still his milk teeth present and a subadult female (RMCA 229). As extra he mentions a young male (RMCA 239 a flat skin and a skull with M2 out) and an even younger female (RMCA 230 with pd4 out). In the register and on the labels 236 and 238 are indicated as type, but 236 a male is too old, he has M3 fully erupted and the premolars are already the permanent ones. RMCA 230, 237, 239, 240 are indicated as cotype but 237 a male is too old and 240 a female is also older than 239 so Thomas has seen the skulls 229, 230, 238 and 239. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Het Type-exemplaar bevindt zich in ons museum’

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Cephalophus weynsi lestradei Groves and Grubb, 1974 Rev.Zool.Afr. Vol. 88, n° 1, p 190 Current name: Cephalophus weynsi Thomas, 1901 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 715 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

16588 adult male flat skin in fair condition Lestrade, 1 March 1940, received 30 July 1943 Kuwingingi, Rugege forest, Rwanda near Astrida, 2.30 S – 29.25 E

RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

17146 adult male skull with M3 out and P4 present, in good condition, no mandible Lestrade, 1 March 1940, received 23 July 1946 Kuwingingi, Rugege forest, Rwanda near Astrida, 2.30 S – 29.25 E

16588 and 1746 are the same animal. Groves and Grubb doesn’t mention paratypes, but gives us extra animals for the new species. They did a revision on the skins and skulls that were so-called C.spadix (Schouteden, 1947) from Rwanda. RMCA 22117, 22118, 22119 and 22120 four adults (flat skins), collected January 1954 in the forest by Astrida RMCA 22386 young adult male, flat skin and skull (M3 out), no collection date, received 1 October 1954 RMCA 22420 adult flat skin, collected in Rwanda in 1954 RMCA 22421 young adult flat skin, collected in Rwanda in 1954 RMCA 22430 juvenile flat skin, collected in Rwanda, received 29 October 1954 RMCA 23053 adult male skull (M3 out), collected in Kigali, 8 November 1955 RMCA 23054 adult flat skin, collected in Kigali, 8 November 1955 RMCA 23055 young adult female flat skin, skull (M2 out) and 20 bones of the four feet, collected in Kigali, 8 November 1955 The skulls are in fair condition and all flat skins are in good condition. There is a skin for 23053 but that is a C.leucogaster and a skull for 23054 from a C.silvicultor. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Schouteden trekt de aandacht door een vel (16588) C.spadix te noemen, iets dat enkel op de Kilimanjaro voorkomt.

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Philantomba walteri Colyn and al., 2010 Zootaxa 2637, p. 11 Current name: Philantomba walteri Colyn and al., 2010 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 715 as Philantomba maxwelli (H.Smith, 1827) Type RMCA A7.027-M-0001 juvenile female Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M2 out, in good condition Rec: Colyn, 24 January 2006, field number BE 118 Loc: Igbere forest, alt. 328 m, Benin, 8.59 N – 1.57 E Paratype RMCA A7.027-M-0002 juvenile female Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M1 out, in good condition Rec: Colyn, 24 January 2006, field number BE 119 Loc: Igbere forest, alt. 328 m, Benin And six paratypes (skulls), four adult females and two adult males in RBINS 4047 – 4052.

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Sylvicapra grimmia lobeliarum Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Afr. Vol. 7, fasc 2, p. 179 Current name: Sylvicapra grimmia (Linnaeus, 1758) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 716 Type RMCA 4161 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 not fully erupted, in good condition Rec: Bayer, no date, probably 1914 – 1918 Loc: Mt. Elgon, Kenya at great altitude (zone of the lobelias), 1.10 N – 34.32 E In the register a skeleton is mentioned but I can’t find it. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niet genoemd, is niet van Congo of Rwanda.

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Sylvicapra grimmia uvirensis Lonnberg, 1919 Rev.Zool.Afr. Vol. 7, fasc 2, p. 179 Current name: Sylvicapra grimmia (Linnaeus, 1758) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 716 Syntype RMCA 1034 adult male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, fresh permanent premolars, in good condition Rec: Pauwels, received 18 April 1912 Loc: Uvira, RDCongo, 3.24 S – 29.08 E RMCA 1035 male Prp: skin and skull in Stockholm Rec: Pauwels, received 18 April 1912 Loc: Uvira, RDCongo, 3.24 S – 29.08 E RMCA 1074 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M2 out, in good condition Rec: Pauwels, received 10 July 1912 Loc: Baraka, RDCongo, 4.05 S – 29.05 E Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘beschreef naar exemplaren in ons museum’

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Kobus anselli Cotterill, 2005 J.Zool.Lond. (2005) 265, 119 Current name: Kobus anselli Cotterill, 2005 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 720 as Kobus leche Gray, 1850 Type FMNH 27571 adult female Rec: Zimmer, 11 December 1926 Loc: Katobwe, Upemba swamps, RDCongo, 8.51 S – 26.05 E Paratypes FMNH 27572 – 27577, idem as holotype RMCA 18286 male Prp: skull with M2 out, in fair condition Rec: Dewit, 12 May 1948 Loc: Kadia, RDCongo, 8.16 S – 26.35 E RMCA 18287 male Prp: skull with M2 out, in fair condition Rec: Dewit, 12 May 1948 Loc: Kadia, RDCongo RMCA 18288 male Prp: skull with M3 out and P4 present, in poor Rec: Dewit, 12 May 1948 Loc: Kadia, RDCongo RMCA 18289 male Prp: skull with M3 out and P4 present, in good Rec: Dewit, 12 May 1948 Loc: Kadia, RDCongo RMCA 18290 male Prp: skull with M2 out, in fair condition Rec: Dewit, 12 May 1948 Loc: Kadia, RDCongo RMCA 18565 female Prp: flat skin in good condition Rec: Dewit, 1948, received 2 September 1948 Loc: Kiabo Kaleka, RDCongo, 8.44 S – 26.02 E RMCA 19161 male Prp: skull with M3 out and P4 present, in fair Rec: De Riemaecker, 28 September 1921 Loc: Moleka, north of Bukama and south of Lake

condition

condition

condition Kabale, RDCongo, 8.55 S – 25.58 E

According the description is 19161 also from Kadia and the holotype is a female but the picture of 27571 show us with horns, a male?

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Redunca redunca dianae Schwarz, 1929 Rev.Zool.Afr. Vol. 16, n° 4, p. 420 Current name: Redunca redunca (Pallas, 1767) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 722 Type RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

3705 male flat skin in good condition Lebrun, no date, probably 1914 – 1918 Garamba river, RDCongo, 3.52 N – 30.14 E

RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

3730 male skull with M3 out, in good condition Lebrun, no date, probably 1914 – 1918 Garamba river, RDCongo, 3.52 N – 30.14 E

3705 and 3730 are the same animal. In the register for 3705 riv. Garamba versus NW of Aba for 3730. He has seen 8 skins and 14 skulls (or horns) in RMCA, Quex Park (now PowellCotton museum) and Mus. Wien. I find eight skulls 3721, 3729, 3731, 3888 (juv), 5898, 5903, 5904 and 5932. And six skins 3693, 3704, 5898, 5899, 5902 and 7422. 3732 must be a skull but isn’t present. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘beschreven naar exemplaren in onze verzameling’

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Epixerus wilsoni mayumbicus Verheyen, 1959 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 60, p. 302 Current name: Epixerus ebii (Temminck, 1853) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 791 Type RMCA 16060 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Vleeschouwers, 22 December 1939, field number 17 Loc: Bamba Dizi, RDCongo, 4.45 S – 12.59 E Paratypes RMCA 16056 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in bad condition Rec: Vleeschouwers, 21 December 1939, field number 8 Loc: Bamba Dizi, RDCongo RMCA 16058 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Vleeschouwers, 22 December 1939, field number 15 Loc: Bamba Dizi, RDCongo RMCA 16066 female Prp: flat skin in good condition Rec: Vleeschouwers, 25 December 1939, field number 1006 Loc: Bamba Mangola, RDCongo, 4.45 S – 12.57 E RMCA 16125 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in bad condition Rec: Vleeschouwers, received 8 August 1940, field number 84 Loc: Ganda Sundi, RDCongo, 4.47 S – 12.54 E RMCA 17106 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition Rec: Vleeschouwers, 2 February 1940, field number 77 Loc: Kisala, RDCongo, 4.46 S – 13.00 E RMCA 17535 Prp: flat skin in good condition Rec: Vleeschouwers, June 1940, field number 166 Loc: Tshiamfumu, RDCongo, 5.50 S – 12.18 E

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Funisciurus mayumbicus Kershaw, 1923 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 11, p. 363 Current name: Funisciurus lemniscatus (Le Conte, 1857) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 792 Type RMCA 6468 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, P4 fresh, in fair condition Rec: Schouteden, 29 September 1920, field number 53 Loc: Ganda Sundi, RDCongo, 4.47 S – 12.54 E Kershaw don’t indicated paratypes but he mention a couple other specimens collected by Schouteden, 42 = RMCA 7264, 52 = unknown (probably in BMNH), 94 = RMCA 7263 and 879 = RMCA 7262. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘het berust in onze verzameling’

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Aethosciurus ruwenzorii ituriensis Prigogine, 1954 Ann.Mus.Congo Tervuren, in ser. 4, Zool., Vol. 1, p. 71 Current name: Heliosciurus ruwenzorii (Schwann, 1904) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 794 Type RMCA 10360 Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, P4 present, in fair condition Rec: Van Canneyt, received 2 July 1930, field number 43 Loc: Djugu, RDCongo, 1.59 N – 30.30 E Paratype RMCA 10357 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, P4 present, in fair condition Rec: Van Canneyt, received 2 July 1930, field number 27 Loc: Djugu, RDCongo RMCA 10358 Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, P4 present, in fair condition Rec: Van Canneyt, received 2 July 1930, field number 41 Loc: Djugu, RDCongo RMCA 10359 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, P4 present, in fair condition Rec: Van Canneyt, received 2 July 1930, field number 44 Loc: Djugu, RDCongo RMCA 10361 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, P4 present, in fair condition Rec: Van Canneyt, received 2 July 1930, field number 40 Loc: Djugu, RDCongo Prigogine says four paratypes, the series 10357 – 10361 is probably the typeseries. One of the premolars is missing in 10358.

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Aethosciurus ruwenzorii schoutedeni Prigogine, 1954 Ann.Mus.Congo Tervuren, in ser. 4, Zool., Vol. 1, p. 70 Current name: Heliosciurus ruwenzorii (Schwann, 1904) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 794 Type RMCA 19008 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, P4 present, in good condition. Rec: Prigogine, 2 September 1949, field number 364 Loc: Lutunguru, RDCongo, 0.29 S – 28.47 E Paratypes RMCA 18443 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition no skull Rec: Prigogine, 11 April 1948, field number 177 Loc: Butube, RDCongo, 0.14 N – 29.16 E RMCA 18444 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in bad condition Rec: Prigogine, 23 April 1948, field number 178 Loc: Buhesi, RDCongo, 0.14 N – 29.23 E RMCA 18445 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Prigogine, 30 April 1948, field number 179 Loc: Vuhombwe, RDCongo, 0.12 N – 29.26 E RMCA 18849 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Prigogine, 10 May 1949, field number 301 Loc: Lutunguru, RDCongo RMCA 19004 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Prigogine, 8 September 1949,field number 360 Loc: Lutunguru, RDCongo RMCA 19005 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in bad condition Rec: Prigogine, 16 August 1949, field number 361 Loc: Lubereri, RDCongo, 0.17 S – 29.03 E RMCA 19006 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Prigogine, 8 September 1949, field number 362 Loc: Lutunguru, RDCongo RMCA 20467 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in bad condition Rec: Prigogine, 22 May 1950, field number 532 Loc: Lubango, RDCongo, 0.19 N – 29.12 E RMCA 20468 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in bad condition Rec: Prigogine, 23 May 1950, field number 533 Loc: Lubango, RDCongo

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Again Prigogine don’t give the numbers of the paratypes, these nine are indicated in the register as paratype. I count three females instead of two. Both 18849 and 20467 miss a P3 but are Aethosciurus.

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Protoxerus stangeri kabobo Verheyen, 1960 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 61, p. 33 Current name: Protoxerus stangeri (Waterhouse, 1842) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 797 Type RMCA 23411 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, P4 fresh, in good condition Rec: Prigogine, 30 October 1954, field number 705 Loc: Mt. Kabobo, alt. 2110 m, RDCongo, 5.06 S – 29.01 E

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Protoxerus stangeri kwango Verheyen, 1960 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 61, p. 31 Current name: Protoxerus stangeri (Waterhouse, 1842) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 797 Type RMCA 13651 Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Schwetz, received 3 November 1936 Loc: between Kasongo-Lunda and Francois-Joseph Falls, RDCongo, 7.3 S – 17.1 E Paratype RMCA 21132 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in bad condition Rec: Vleeschouwers, received 24 June 1952, field number 223 Loc: Panzi, RDCongo, 7.10 S – 17.58 E

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Protoxerus stangeri personatus Kershaw, 1923 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 11, p. 364 Current name: Protoxerus stangeri (Waterhouse, 1842) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 797 Type RMCA 6480 juvenile female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M2 out, in poor condition Rec: Schouteden, 23 March 1922, field number 874 Loc: Makaia N’Tete, RDCongo, 5.33 S – 13.02 E Mentioned but not as paratype with field number 109 from Ganda Sundi and it stayed probably by Kershaw in the British Museum. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type in ons bezit’

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Graphiurus schoutedeni Frechkop, 1947 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 40, p. 220 Current name: Graphiurus monardi (St.Leger, 1936) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 826 Type RMCA 437 B Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition skeleton, not complete Rec: Lemaire, received August 1900 Loc: Katanga, RDCongo According the text it was captured in August 1900. In Schouteden, 1946, p.464 the name was already mentioned. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1946 ‘het enige bekende exemplaar berust in onze verzameling’ en ‘Dr. Frechkop zal binnenkort deze nieuwe soort beschrijven’

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Graphiurus walterverheyeni Holden & Levine, 2009 Bulletin American Museum of Natural History, No. 331, p. 341 Current name: Graphiurus walterverheyeni Holden & Levine, 2009 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 823 as Graphiurus crassicaudatus (Jentink, 1888) Type BMNH Prp: Rec: Loc:

27.3.1.35 stuffed skin and skull Fraser, 21 October 1926, field number 46 Lukenie River, RDCongo, 3.30 S – 22.30 E

Paratype RMCA 88.005-M-0012 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Lootens, 4 December 1987, field number 2110 Loc: Wafanya, RDCongo, 1.21 S – 20.20 E

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Acomys muzei Verheyen and al., 2011 Zootaxa, 3059: 23 Current name: Acomys muzei Verheyen and al., 2011 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1200 as Acomys spinosissimus Peters, 1852 Type RMCA 96.037-M-5069 male Prp: alcohol in Antwerp skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen and Stuyck, 20 August 1995, field number 13307 Loc: Muze, Tanzania, 7.42 S – 31.34 E Paratypes RMCA 96.037-M-5064 – 5068, 5070 – 5078, 5080 - 5085 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen and Stuyck, August 1995 Loc: Muze, Tanzania RMCA 96.037-M-5079 Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Verheyen and Stuyck, 21 August 1995, field number 13441 Loc: Muze, Tanzania

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Acomys ngurui Verheyen and al., 2011 Zootaxa, 3059: 21 Current name: Acomys ngurui Verheyen and al., 2011 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1200 as Acomys spinosissimus Peters, 1852 Type RMCA 96.037-M-5034 female Prp: alcohol in Antwerp skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Stuyck, 24 October 1988, field number 10340 Loc: Nguru Ya Ndege, Tanzania, 6.42 S – 37.37 E Paratypes RMCA 96.037-M-5008 – 5009, 5011 – 5012 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verhagen, June 1988 Loc: Mkundi, Tanzania, 6.40 S – 37.39 E RMCA 96.037-M-5010 juvenile female Prp: alcohol specimen in fair condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verhagen, 8 June 1988, field number 8679 Loc: Mkundi, Tanzania RMCA 96.037-M-5014 – 5015, 5019 - 5021 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verhagen, July 1988 Loc: Mkundi, Tanzania RMCA 96.037-M-5032 – 5033, 5035 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Stuyck, 24 October 1988 Loc: Nguru Ya Ndege, Tanzania RMCA 96.037-M-5036 - 5043 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: De Vocht, October 1994 Loc: Nguru Ya Ndege, Tanzania RMCA 96.037-M-5044 male Prp: alcohol specimen in fair condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: De Vocht, 21 October 1994, field number 12377 Loc: Nguru Ya Ndege, Tanzania

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Deomys ferrugineus vandenberghei Rahm and Verheyen, 1960 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 62, p. 343 Current name: Deomys ferrugineus Thomas, 1888 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1201 Type RMCA 28389 adult female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Rahm, 17 September 1959, field number 66 Loc: Mulundu, alt. 850 m, RDCongo, 1.54 S – 28.27 E Paratype RMCA 28872 adult female Prp: stuffed skin in fair condition, tail broken skull with M3 out, broken Rec: Prigogine, 2 November 1959, field number 854 Loc: Butokolo, alt. 638 m, RDCongo, 2.42 S – 28.16 E

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Lophuromys angolensis Verheyen and al., 2000 Bull.Inst.Roy.Sci.Nat.Belgique, Biol., 70: 255 Current name: Lophuromys angolensis Verheyen and al., 2000 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1203 Type RMCA 97.021-M-0001 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Kikwit WHO-CDC mission, 5 July 1995, field number 1110 Loc: Mbwambala, RDCongo, 5.03 S – 18.55 E Paratypes RMCA 97.021-M-0002 – 0008, 0010 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Kikwit WHO-CDC mission, June 1995 Loc: Mbwambala, RDCongo RMCA 97.021-M-0009, 0011 Prp: alcohol specimens in fair condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Kikwit WHO-CDC mission, June 1995 Loc: Mbwambala, RDCongo RMCA 97.021-M-0012 – 0018, 0020 – 0022, 1180 – 1182, 1184 – 1185, 1188– 1192, 1194 - 1195 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Kikwit WHO-CDC mission, July 1995 Loc: Mbwambala, RDCongo RMCA 97.021-M-0019, 1193 Prp: alcohol specimens in fair condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Kikwit WHO-CDC mission, 5 July 1995 Loc: Mbwambala, RDCongo RMCA 97.021-M-0027, 1200 male Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Kikwit WHO-CDC mission, July 1995 Loc: Kakoi, RDCongo, 5.06 S – 18.57 E RMCA 97.021-M-1183 female Prp: alcohol specimen in fair condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Kikwit WHO-CDC mission, 11 July 1995, field number 1349 Loc: Mbwambala, RDCongo RMCA 97.021-M-1186 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Kikwit WHO-CDC mission, 18 July 1995, field number 1844 Loc: Menga, RDCongo RMCA 97.021-M-1187 male Prp: alcohol specimen in poor condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Kikwit WHO-CDC mission, 18 July 1995, field number 1845 Loc: Menga, RDCongo, 5.03 S – 18.51 E RMCA 97.021-M-1201 male Prp: alcohol specimen in fair condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Kikwit WHO-CDC mission, 28 July 1995, field number 2406 Loc: Kakoi, RDCongo

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Lophuromys dudui Verheyen and al., 2002 Bull.Inst.Roy.Sci.Nat.Belgique, Biol., 72: 147 Current name: Lophuromys dudui Verheyen and al., 2002 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1205 Type RMCA 95.051-M-3088 female Prp: alcohol specimen in bad condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 4 March 1986, field number 5839 = 1739 Loc: Masako, RDCongo, 0.36 N – 25.13 E Paratypes RMCA 95.051-M-3089 juvenile male Prp: alcohol specimen in bad condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 3 December 1985, field number 1170 Loc: Masako, RDCongo RMCA 95.051-M-3090 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 4 January 1986, field number 1290 Loc: Masako, RDCongo RMCA 95.051-M-3091 male Prp: alcohol specimen in bad condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 5 January 1986, field number 1315 Loc: Masako, RDCongo RMCA 95.051-M-3092 male Prp: alcohol specimen in poor condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 2 January 1986, field number 1332 Loc: Masako, RDCongo RMCA 95.051-M-3093 male Prp: alcohol specimen in bad condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 1 March 1986, field number 1649 Loc: Masako, RDCongo RMCA 95.051-M-3094 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 3 March 1986, field number 1734 Loc: Masako, RDCongo RMCA 95.051-M-3095 female Prp: alcohol specimen in fair condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 2 March 1986, field number 1771 Loc: Masako, RDCongo RMCA 95.051-M-3096 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 1 April 1986, field number 1902 Loc: Masako, RDCongo RMCA 95.051-M-3097 male Prp: alcohol specimen in poor condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 1 June 1986, field number 2322 Loc: Masako, RDCongo

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Lophuromys huttereri Verheyen and al., 1996 Bull.Inst.Roy.Sci.Nat.Belgique, Biol., 66: 255 Current name: Lophuromys huttereri Verheyen and al., 1996 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1206 Type RMCA 97.009-M-1039 male Prp: alcohol specimen in fair condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Colyn, 8 January 1984, field number 1774 Loc: Yaenero, RDCongo, 0.12 N – 24.47 E Paratypes RMCA 97.009-M-1030 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in poor condition Rec: Colyn, 22 January 1984, field number 1665 Loc: Yaenero, RDCongo RMCA 97.009-M-1031 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in poor condition Rec: Colyn, 25 February 1984, field number 6613 Loc: Yaenero, RDCongo RMCA 97.009-M-1032 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in poor condition Rec: Colyn, 25 February 1984, field number 6614 Loc: Yaenero, RDCongo RMCA 97.009-M-1033 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in poor condition Rec: Colyn, 25 February 1984, field number 6616 Loc: Yaenero, RDCongo RMCA 97.009-M-1034 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in poor condition Rec: Colyn, 25 February 1984, field number 6619 Loc: Yaenero, RDCongo RMCA 97.009-M-1035 female Prp: alcohol specimen in fair condition skull with M3 out, in poor condition Rec: Colyn, 25 March 1984, field number 6764 Loc: Yaenero, RDCongo RMCA 97.009-M-1036 female Prp: alcohol specimen in fair condition skull with M3 out, in poor condition Rec: Colyn, 25 March 1984, field number 6766 Loc: Yaenero, RDCongo RMCA 97.009-M-1037 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in poor condition Rec: Colyn, 12 April 1984, field number 6889 Loc: Yaenero, RDCongo RMCA 97.009-M-1038 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, broken Rec: Colyn, 12 April 1984, field number 6890 Loc: Yaenero, RDCongo

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Lophuromys rahmi Verheyen, 1964 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 69, p. 206 Current name: Lophuromys rahmi Verheyen, 1964 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1208 Type RMCA 31576 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Rahm, 17 October 1963, field number 12367 Loc: Bogamanda, RDCongo, 2.08 S – 28.49 E Paratypes RMCA 28983 female Prp: skin on cardboard, in good condition skull with M3 out, in poor condition Rec: Rahm, 3 May 1960, field number 7181 Loc: Tschamola, RDCongo, 2.01 S – 28.53 E RMCA 28990 female Prp: skin on cardboard, in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Rahm, 5 September 1960, field number 7281 Loc: Kamugondo, alt. 2300 m, RDCongo, 2.15 S – 28.41 E RMCA 30259 female Prp: skin on cardboard, in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Rahm, 19 February 1959, field number 4913 Loc: Buhobera, alt. 1900 m, RDCongo, 2.07 S – 28.51 E RMCA 30400 male Prp: skin on cardboard, in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Rahm, 18 June 1959, field number 5547 Loc: Biragorago, alt. 1850 m, RDCongo, 1.58 S – 28.56 E RMCA 31577 Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Rahm, 28 May 1962, field number e512 Loc: Uinka, Rwanda, 2.29 S – 29.12 E RMCA 31578 Prp: stuffed skin in good condition Rec: Rahm, 1 June 1962, field number e562 Loc: Uinka, Rwanda RMCA 31579 Prp: skin on cardboard, in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Rahm, 11 June 1962, field number e680 Loc: Uinka, Rwanda And one paratype in IRSAC with original number D 154 from the collection of Dieterlen, skin and skull, now probably in SMNS.

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Lophuromys verhageni Verheyen and al., 2002 Bull.Inst.Roy.Sci.Nat.Belgique, Biol., 72: 153 Current name: Lophuromys verhageni Verheyen and al., 2002 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1208 Type RMCA 96.037-M-3848 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verhagen, 9 March 1996, field number 14329 Loc: Mt.Meru, Tanzania, 3.14 S – 36.42 E Paratypes RMCA 96.037-M-3832- 3847, 3849 –3853, 3856 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verhagen, March 1996 Loc: Mt.Meru, Tanzania

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Lophuromys kilonzoi Verheyen and al., 2007 Bull.Inst.Roy.Sci.Nat.Belgique, Biol., 77: 33 Current name: Lophuromys kilonzoi Verheyen and al., 2007 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1202 as L.aquilus (True, 1892) Type RMCA 96.037-M-2348 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Kilonzo, Makundi, Mbise and Leirs, 13 November 1987, field number 7619 Loc: Magamba, Tanzania, 4.45 S – 38.17 E Paratypes RMCA 96.037-M-2334 – 2337, 2340, 2344 – 2346, 2349, 2353 - 2354, 2356 – 2357, 2359 – 2363, 2365, 2372 – 2373, 2379 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Kilonzo, Makundi, Mbise and Leirs, November 1987 Loc: Magamba, Tanzania

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Lophuromys machangui Verheyen and al., 2007 Bull.Inst.Roy.Sci.Nat.Belgique, Biol., 77: 34 Current name: Lophuromys machangui Verheyen and al., 2007 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1202 as L.aquilus (True, 1892) Type RMCA 96.037-M-2263 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, Stuyck and Colyn, 23 September 1987, field number 6372 Loc: Rungwe forest, Tanzania, 9.10 S – 33.39 E Paratypes RMCA 96.037-M-2207, 2215 – 2217, 2226, 2232, 2246 - 2248, 2257, 2258, 2261, 2262, 2264, 2265, 2268, 2270 - 2274 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, Stuyck and Colyn, September 1987 Loc: Rungwe forest, Tanzania RMCA 96.037-M-2228, 2267 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Verheyen, Stuyck and Colyn, September 1987 Loc: Rungwe forest, Tanzania RMCA 96.037-M-2231, 2233 - 2238 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, Stuyck and Colyn, September 1987 Loc: Mt.Rungwe, Tanzania, 9.08 S – 33.40 E

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Lophuromys makundii Verheyen and al., 2007 Bull.Inst.Roy.Sci.Nat.Belgique, Biol., 77: 38 Current name: Lophuromys makundii Verheyen and al., 2007 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1202 as L.aquilus (True, 1892) Type RMCA 96.037-M-2325 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen,Stuyck and Verheyen, 25 October 1987, field number 7366 Loc: Gerodom, Tanzania, 4.28 S – 35.23 E Paratypes RMCA 96.037-M-2312, 2324, 2326 - 2328 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, Stuyck and Verheyen, 24 October 1987, field number 7281 Loc: Gerodom, Tanzania RMCA 96.037-M-2313 – 2317, 2319 – 2323, 2329, 2330, 2332 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, Stuyck and Verheyen, October 1987 Loc: Mt.Hanang, Tanzania, 4.26 S – 35.24 E RMCA 96.037-M-2318 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Verheyen, Stuyck and Verheyen, 25 October 1987, field number 7313 Loc: Mt.Hanang, Tanzania

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Lophuromys sabunii Verheyen and al., 2007 Bull.Inst.Roy.Sci.Nat.Belgique, Biol., 77: 36 Current name: Lophuromys sabunii Verheyen and al., 2007 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1202 as L.aquilus (True, 1892) Type RMCA 96.037-M-3796 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen and Stuyck, 13 August 1995, field number 13028 Loc: Mbizi, Tanzania, 7.42 S – 31.40 E Paratypes RMCA 96.037-M-3789, 3790 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Verheyen and Stuyck, 13 August 1995 Loc: Mbizi, Tanzania RMCA 96.037-M-3791, 3793 – 3795, 3797 – 3810, 3812 – 3816, 3820, 3826 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen and Stuyck, August 1995 Loc: Mbizi, Tanzania

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Tatera nigricauda bayeri Lonnberg, 1918 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 62, p. 179 Current name: Gerbilliscus robustus (Cretzschmar, 1826) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1220 Syntype RMCA 5183 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bayer, 21 May 1914, field number 538 Loc: Maroon River, Kenya, 1.32 S – 35.23 E I have no indication where the other specimen (526) is, probably by Lonnberg, Stockholm. In the register 538 is indicated as type but Lonnberg didn’t chose. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niet genoemd, uit Kenya

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Dasymys rwandae Verheyen and al., 2003 Bull.Inst.Roy.Sci.Nat.Belgique, Biol., 73: 45 Current name: Dasymys rwandae Verheyen and al., 2003 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1318 Type RMCA 96.038-M-2270 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, 4 June 1982, field number 2934 Loc: Kinigi, Rwanda, 1.26 S – 29.36 E Paratypes RMCA 96.038-M-2213, 2215, 2218 – 2221, 2225, 2230 – 2236, 2267– 2269, 2271, 2272 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, June 1982 Loc: Kinigi, Rwanda RMCA 96.038-M-2214, 2217 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M2 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, June 1982 Loc: Kinigi, Rwanda RMCA 96.038-M-2224 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Verheyen, 4 June 1982, field number 2932 Loc: Kinigi, Rwanda RMCA 96.038-M-2227, 2228 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Van der Straeten, 6 June 1982 Loc: Kinigi, Rwanda RMCA 96.038-M-2229 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, broken Rec: Verheyen, 18 June 1982, field number 3770 Loc: Kinigi, Rwanda RMCA 96.038-M-2237 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, 10 July 1982, field number 3894 Loc: Kinigi, Rwanda

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Dasymys sua Verheyen and al., 2003 Bull.Inst.Roy.Sci.Nat.Belgique, Biol., 73: 41 Current name: Dasymys sua Verheyen and al., 2003 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1318 Type RMCA 96.037-M-3143 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Michiels, 16 September 1986, field number 2339 Loc: Mbete, Tanzania, 6.52 S – 37.41 E Paratypes field number 8432 to Sokoine University RMCA 96.036-M-4630, 4631 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Michiels, October 1986 Loc: Dakawa, Tanzania, 6.26 S – 37.34 E RMCA 96.036-M-4632, 4633 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Colyn, 3 September 1987 Loc: Dakawa, Tanzania RMCA 96.036-M-4906 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen and Sabuni, 18 August 1988, field number 9449 Loc: Dakawa, Tanzania RMCA 96.037-M-3133 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Michiels, 12 June 1986, field number 652 Loc: Mgeta, Tanzania, 7.03 S – 37.35 E RMCA 96.037-M-3136 - 3141 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Michiels, October 1986 Loc: Mlali, Tanzania, 6.58 S – 37.33 E RMCA 96.037-M-3144 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Michiels, 13 November 1986, field number 2771 Loc: Mbete, Tanzania RMCA 96.037-M-3145, 3146 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Michiels, 3 February 1987 Loc: Kidege, Tanzania, 7.10 S – 37.50 E RMCA 96.037-M-3150, 3151 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: De Vocht, October 1994 Loc: Mindu, Tanzania, 6.52 S – 37.36 E RMCA a4.036-M-0056 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Telford, 16 February 1983, field number 2806 Loc: Morogoro, Tanzania, 6.52 S – 37.39 E

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Lemniscomys bellieri Van der Straeten, 1975 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 89, p. 906 Current name: Lemniscomys bellieri Van der Straeten, 1975 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1341 Type RMCA 75.074-M-0001 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bellier, 13 June 1964,field number 1446 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast, 6.12 N – 4.58 W Paratypes RMCA 75.070-M-0034 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, 16 March 1972, field number 1275 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast RMCA 75.070-M-0036 female Prp: stuffed skin in poor condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, 16 March 1972, field number 1279 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast RMCA 77.054-M-0001 male Prp: flat skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bellier, 12 June 1964, field number 1428 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast RMCA 77.054-M-0002 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bellier, 6 July 1965, field number 1875 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast RMCA 77.054-M-0003 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bellier, 26 August 1967, field number 11511 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast The other 5 paratypes with the field numbers 1768, 1769, 1874, 11582, 11983 are in Paris.

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Lemniscomys striatus dieterleni Van der Straeten, 1976 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 90, p. 431 Current name: Lemniscomys striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1343 Type RMCA 30221 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Rahm, 27 May 1959, field number 5511 Loc: Nzinzi, RDCongo, 2.16 S – 28.52 E Paratypes RMCA 28001 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Rahm, 27 December 1958, field number 2 Loc: Lemera, alt. 2150 m, RDCongo, 2.08 S – 28.49 E RMCA 30197 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Rahm, 8 January 1959, field number 4486 Loc: Lwege, RDCongo, 2.08 S – 28.52 E RMCA 32516 male Prp: skin on cardboard in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition skeleton not complete Rec: Pirlot, 21 December 1953, field number 1256 Loc: Lwiro, RDCongo, 2.12 S – 28.48 E RMCA 32520 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Rahm, 16 September 1958, field number 3976 Loc: Kamusihe, RDCongo, 2.12 S – 28.48 E and 23 paratypes in Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde, Stuttgart, collected by Dieterlen at Lwiro, RDCongo. SMNS 12331, 12369, 12379, 12382, 12483, 12509, 12512, 12592, 12605, 12656, 12659, 12684, 12693, 12703, 12706, 12723, 12724, 12759, 12770, 12772, 12827, 12837 and 12850.

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Mastomys verheyeni Robbins and Van der Straeten, 1989 Senckenbergiana Biologica, Vol. 69, p. 4 Current name: Mastomys kollmanspengeri (Petter, 1957) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1365 Type SMF 54650 adult female Rec: Brei, 28 December 1976 Loc: Mudu, Bornu, Nigeria, 12.03 N – 14.15 E Paratypes Nigeria SMF 54644 – 54649, 54651 – 54665, 54667 – 54670, 54673 – 54766 44770 – 44772, 55371 – 55414, 55416 – 55418, 55438 – 55439, 55453, 55460 Cameroon USNM 449021 – 449030 RMCA 73.015-M-0341, 342, 344 – 348, 926, 927, 929 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen and De Vree, 24 November 1970 Loc: Gueme, Cameroon, 10.30 N – 15.12 E RMCA 73.015-M-0343 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Verheyen and De Vree, 25 November 1970, field number 1.176 Loc: Gueme, Cameroon RMCA 73.015-M-0928 juvenile Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M2 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen and De Vree, 25 November 1970, field number 1.169 Loc: Gueme, Cameroon RMCA 73.016-M-0166 Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Puylaert and Elsen, 30 July 1971, field number 1.2114 Loc: Waza, Cameroon, 11.25 N – 14.34 E RMCA 73.016-M-0167 Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in bad condition Rec: Puylaert and Elsen, 30 July 1971, field number 1.2115 Loc: Waza, Cameroon RMCA 73.016-M-0168 Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in bad condition Rec: Van Praet,12 June 1971, field number 1.2272 Loc: Yagoua, Cameroon, 10.20 N – 15.14 E RMCA 73.017-M-0110 - 118 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Hulselmans, De Vree and Geeraerts, 27 August 1972 Loc: Waza, Cameroon RMCA 73.017-M-0119, 122, 127, 128, 131 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Hulselmans, De Vree and Geeraerts, 28 August 1972 Loc: Waza, Cameroon RMCA 73.017-M-0120, 125, 132 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in bad condition

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Hulselmans, De Vree and Geeraerts, 28 August 1972 Waza, Cameroon 73.017-M-0121, 123, 124, 126, 129, 130 alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Hulselmans, De Vree and Geeraerts, 28 August 1972 Loc: Waza, Cameroon In total there are 223 paratypes from Nigeria and Cameroon in three musea SMF, USNM and RMCA.

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Leggada baoulei Vermeiren and Verheyen, 1980 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 94, p. 573 Current name: Mus baoulei (Vermeiren and Verheyen, 1980) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1389 Type RMCA 97.077-M-0493 male Prp: skull with M3 out, in good condition I can’t find the skin Rec: Bellier, 13 August 1965, field number 1941 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast, 6.12 N – 5.02 W Paratypes RMCA 97.077-M-0491 male Prp: skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bellier, 11 September 1964, field number 1628 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast RMCA 97.077-M-0492 female Prp: stuffed skin in bad condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bellier, 9 July 1965, field number 1912 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast RMCA 97.077-M-0494 female Prp: stuffed skin in poor condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bellier, 13 August 1965, field number 1942 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast RMCA 97.077-M-0495 male Prp: skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Bellier, 20 January 1967, field number 11217 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast RMCA 97.077-M-0496, 497, 500, 502, 505 Prp: flat skins in poor condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bellier,1967 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast RMCA 97.077-M-0498, 504, 506 Prp: skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bellier,1967 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast RMCA 97.077-M-0499, 501, 503, 507 Prp: stuffed skins in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bellier,1967 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast RMCA 97.077-M-0508 male Prp: stuffed skin in bad condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bellier, 23 February 1968, field number 11781 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast RMCA 97.077-M-0509, 512, 514 Prp: flat skins in poor condition skulls with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Bellier, 1968 Loc: Lamto, Ivory Coast RMCA 97.077-M-0510, 511 Prp: flat skins in poor condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Bellier, 16 May 1968

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Lamto, Ivory Coast 97.077-M-0513, 515, 516 skulls with M3 out, in good condition Bellier, June 1968 Lamto, Ivory Coast 97.077-M-0517 male flat skin in bad condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Bellier, 4 June 1968, field number 21050 Lamto, Ivory Coast 97.077-M-0518 male skull with M3 out, in poor condition Bellier, 4 June 1968, field number 21057 Lamto, Ivory Coast 97.077-M-0519 male flat skin in fair condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Bellier, 24 July 1968, field number 21065 Lamto, Ivory Coast 97.077-M-0520 male flat skin in poor condition I can’t find the skull Bellier, 26 July 1968, field number 21089 Lamto, Ivory Coast

In total 59 paratypes, 30 to Paris and 29 in RMCA.

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Mylomys cuninghamei richardi Hayman, 1939 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., Ser. 11, Vol. 3, p. 223 Current name: Mylomys dybowskii (Pousargues, 1893) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1412 Type RMCA 14038 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Richard, received 9 September 1937, field number 32 Loc: Leopoldville, RDCongo, 4.18 S – 15.18 E RMCA 14040 is indicated as paratype in the register, Hayman says only that 14040 is a very young one. It is also from Leopoldville and collected by Richard. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘het type-exemplaar is in ons bezit’

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Pelomys hopkinsi Hayman, 1955 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 52, p. 324 Current name: Pelomys hopkinsi Hayman, 1955 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1437 Type BMNH 56.1 Rec: Ntensibe, 8 July 1940 Loc: Rwamachuchu Gombolola, Kigezi, Uganda Paratype RMCA 21495 Prp: stuffed skin in poor condition, greasy, juvenile skull with M3 out in good condition Rec: Vercammen, received 17 November 1952 Loc: Astrida, Rwanda, 2.34 S – 29.43 E RMCA Prp: Rec: Loc:

22790 I can’t find neither skin nor skull, maybe alcohol but not found yet Vercammen, received 17 January 1955 Bukavu, RDCongo, 2.30 S – 28.52 E

Hayman says that both our specimens are from Astrida and he mention a third one collected by Fain from Musha, RMCA 23141 (5584a) a skin and a skull with M3 out.

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Praomys degraaffi Van der Straeten and Kerbis Peterhans, 1999 S.Afr.J.Zool., Vol. 34, p. 81 Current name: Praomys degraaffi Van der Straeten and Kerbis Peterhans, 1999 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1445 Type FMNH 137573 adult female Rec: Kerbis Peterhans, 30 March 1990 Loc: Nyamugari, Burundi, 3.12 S – 29.33 E Paratypes Burundi IZEA 2708 FMNH 137551 - 1375553, 137555 - 137564, 137566, 137569, 137571 - 137572, 137574 - 137575, 137701, 137829, 137898 - 137900, 137910, 137914 - 13715, 137917, 137922 - 137923, 137925, 137927, 137932, 137934, 137939, 137941, 137943 137944, 137946, 137950 - 137953, 137957, 137960 - 137988, 137990, 137992 137996, 137999 - 138001, 138003, 138005 - 138006, 138008 – 138012, 138015 138016, 138019 - 138021, 138023, 138025, 138027, 138029 - 138030, 130832 138033, 138036 - 138037, 138039 - 138043, 138045 - 138052, 138059 - 138060, 138073 - 138074, 130876, 148750, 148756, 148768, 148814, 148818, 148820, 148822 - 148827, 148830, 148832 - 148834, 148836, 148838 - 148841, 148844 - 148847, 148851 - 148853, 148856 - 148858, 148860, 148863, 148866, 148868 - 148869, 148871 - 148873, 148874 - 148880, 148884 – 148885, 156028 - 156031, 156033, 156036, 156039 - 156055, 156057 - 156070, 156072 - 156077, 156079 - 156086, 156090 - 156099, 156102 - 156106 (156033 two time in the list, 156032?) Uganda NHM 63.725 – 63.728, 63.372, 63.734, 63.738 – 63.739, 63.742 – 63.744 FMNH 161126 – 161140, 157785 – 157786, 157788 – 157790, 157792 – 157793, 157795 – 157797, 157784, 157787, 157791, 157794, 26126 – 26127, 157971 – 157973, 157977- 157979, 157982 - 157983, 160863 – 160867, 160869, 157964 Rwanda RMCA 96.038-M-2162 female Prp: alcohol specimen in fair condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Van der Straeten, 16 October 1981, field number 162 Loc: Uwinka, Rwanda, 2.29 S – 29.12 E RMCA 96.038-M-2163 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Van der Straeten, 17 October 1981, field number 195 Loc: Uwinka, Rwanda RMCA 96.038-M-2164 juvenile male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M2 out, in good condition Rec: Van der Straeten, 17 October 1981, field number 203 Loc: Uwinka, Rwanda RMCA 96.038-M-2165 - 2167 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, 1982 Loc: Uwinka, Rwanda RMCA 96.038-M-2168 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, 4 June 1982, field number 2958 Loc: Visoke, Rwanda, 1.27 S –29.30 E RMCA 96.038-M-2169, 2170, 2183 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition

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skulls with M3 out, in good condition Van der Straeten, July 1982 Kayove, Rwanda, 1.48 S – 29.21 E 96.038-M-2171 male alcohol specimen in fair condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Van der Straeten, 16 June 1982, field number 4692 Muhabura, Rwanda, 1.22 S – 29.42 E 96.038-M-2172 - 2181 alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Van der Straeten, June 1982 Muhabura, Rwanda 96.038-M-2182 male alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Van der Straeten, 24 June 1982, field number 4986 Gahinga I, Rwanda, 1.22 S – 29.39 E

A total of 316 paratypes from Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda in four musea IZEA, FMNH, NHM and RMCA.

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Myomys derooi Van der Straeten and Verheyen, 1977 Zeitschr.F.Saugetierkunde, Vol. 43, p. 33 Current name: Praomys derooi (Van der Straeten and Verheyen, 1977) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1446 Type RMCA 73.013-M-0202 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Van der Straeten and De Vree, 9 December 1969,field number 2912 Loc: Borgou, Togo, 10.46 N – 0.35 E Paratypes BMNH 46.588 (Ghana), MNHN 1964.356, 357 (Togo), Smithsonian 439735, 438734 (Benin), 438645 (Togo) RMCA 73.011-M-0114, 121 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, Hulselmans and Puylaert, July 1969 Loc: Namoundjoga, Togo, 10.53 N – 0.24 E RMCA 73.011-M-0134 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verheyen, Hulselmans and Puylaert, 24 August 1969, field number 1682 Loc: Fazao, Togo, 8.42 N – 0.47 E RMCA 73.013-M-0134 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Van der Straeten and De Vree, 8 December 1969, field number 2815 Loc: Borgou, Togo RMCA 73.013-M-0156, 167, 190, 209, 229 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Van der Straeten and De Vree, December 1969 Loc: Borgou, Togo RMCA 73.013-M-0211 female Prp: alcohol specimen in fair condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Van der Straeten and De Vree, 10 December 1969, field number 2925 Loc: Borgou, Togo 16 paratypes in four musea. In Wilson and Reeder, 2005 no brackets despite genus change.

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Praomys jacksoni minor Hatt, 1934 Am.Mus.Nov. Vol. 708, p. 11 Current name: Praomys minor Hatt, 1934 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1448 Type AMNH Prp: Rec: Loc:

86816 adult male skin and skull Chapin, 31 July 1930 Lukolela, RDCongo, 1.10 S – 17.11 E

Paratypes AMNH 86810 male, 86814 female, 85822 female RMCA 13037 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Lang and Chapin, 28 August 1930, original number AMNH 86818 Loc: Lukolela, RDCongo Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een zijner exemplaren is in onze verzameling overgegaan’

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Praomys mutoni Van der Straeten and Akaibe, 1990 In Peters and Hutterer: Vertebrates in the Tropics, p.75 Current name: Praomys mutoni Van der Straeten and Akaibe, 1990 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1449 Type RMCA 92.151-M-0001 male Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition, mandible broken Rec: Akaibe, 31 May 1985, field number 456 Loc: Batiabongena, RDCongo, 0.36 N – 25.13 E Paratypes 893, 1161, 1177, 1271 and 1328 in Kisangani RMCA 92.151-M-0002 – 0005, 0015 - 0017 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 1985 Loc: Batiabongena, RDCongo RMCA 92.151-M-0006 male Prp: alcohol specimen in poor condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 1 December 1985, field number 1139 Loc: Batiabongena, RDCongo RMCA 92.151-M-0007– 0012, 0019, 0021, 0022 Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 1986 Loc: Batiabongena, RDCongo RMCA 92.151-M-0013, 0018 Prp: alcohol specimens in fair condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 1985 Loc: Batiabongena, RDCongo RMCA 92.151-M-0014, 0023 Prp: alcohol specimens in poor condition skulls with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, January 1985 Loc: Batiabongena, RDCongo RMCA 92.151-M-0020 female Prp: alcohol specimen in fair condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 2 January 1986, field number 1329 Loc: Batiabongena, RDCongo RMCA 92.151-M-0024 male Prp: alcohol specimen in poor condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Akaibe, 4 January 1986, field number 1308 Loc: Batiabongena, RDCongo Strange situation the authors says that the specimens will be all stored in Kisangani but in 1992 they arrived partly in Tervuren. And two (1138 and 1308) arrived in Tervuren after the retirement of Erik.

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Malacomys verschureni Verheyen and Van der Straeten, 1977 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 91, p. 739 Current name: Praomys verschureni (Verheyen and Van der Straeten, 1977) Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1451 Type RMCA 82.011-M-0001 female Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition skull with M3 out, in good condition Rec: Verschuren, 10 April 1959,field number 1262/4 Loc: Mamiki, RDCongo, 0.40 N – 29.35 E

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Thamnomys venustus schoutedeni Hatt, 1934 Am.Mus.Nov., Vol. 708, p. 9 Current name: Thamnomys venustus Thomas,1907 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1511 Type AMNH Prp: Rec: Loc:

50066 adult female skin and skull Lang, 14 June 1914 Medje, RDCongo, 2.25 N – 27.18 E

Paratype RMCA 13042 male Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in bad condition Rec: Lang and Chapin, 13 March 1910, original number AMNH 49747 Loc: Medje, RDCongo Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘het Paratype-exemplaar werd ons door dat museum geschonken’

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Otomys tropicalis faradjius Hatt, 1934 Am.Mus.Nov., Vol. 708, p. 1 Current name: Otomys tropicalis Thomas, 1902 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1529 Type AMNH Prp: Rec: Loc:

50357 adult male skin and skull Chapin, 26 March 1911 Faradje, RDCongo, 3.45 N- 29.40 E

Paratype AMNH 50353 – 50536, 50358, 50359, 50361, 50362 RMCA 12995 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in fair condition Rec: Lang and Chapin, 27 March 1911, original number AMNH 50360 Loc: Faradje, RDCongo Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een zijnder exemplaren is in onze verzameling overgegaan’

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Anomaluridae

Anomalurops beecrofti schoutedeni Verheyen, 1968 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 77, p. 157 Current name: Anomalurus beecrofti Fraser, 1853 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1532 Type RMCA 6428 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, pd4 present, in good condition Rec: Schouteden, 1 September 1921, field number 622 Loc: Luebo, RDCongo, 5.20 S – 21.33 E Paratype RMCA 6426 female Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, broken Rec: Schouteden, 18 August 1921, field number 510 Loc: Luebo, RDCongo RMCA 6427 juvenile Prp: stuffed skin in fair condition skull with M1 out, broken Rec: Schouteden, 18 August 1921, field number 511 Loc: Luebo, RDCongo 6427 is a juvenile from 6426.

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Bathyergidae

Myoscalops mottoulei Schouteden, 1912 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 2, p. 303 Current name: Heliophobius argenteocinereus Peters, 1846 Wilson and Reeder, 2005 page 1541 Type RMCA 1222 Prp: stuffed skin in good condition skull with M3 out, in bad condition skeleton, not complete Rec: Mottoule, July 1912 Loc: Kilongwe, RDCongo, 8.16 S – 26.32 E According the text it is September, in the register it is July. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 In de materiaallijst ‘Type van Mottoulei’

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364 368 Protoxerus stangeri torrentium Thomas, 1923 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., ser. 9, 11: 529 The type was RMCA 364 but is now BMNH 1.5.4.3 According to Thomas it is from east of the Stanleyfalls, RDCongo. In the register is locality and collector unknown, we received it in 1899. RMCA 368 is indicated as topotype because it is from the same envoy but Thomas didn’t see it. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘dat uit ons museum afkomstig was’

544 545 558 559 Simia ituricus Matschie, 1912 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 2, p. 121 RMCA 544 1902. RMCA 545 RMCA 558 November RMCA 559

adult female from Mawambi, RDCongo collected by Anzelius, 4 September is the skull and skeleton of 544. juvenile female from Mawambi, RDCongo collected by Anzelius, 14 1902. is the skull and skeleton of 558.

Matschie mention animals collected by Powell-Cotton in the Museum in Quex Park and RMCA 544-545 and 558-559 but he uses only the three from Quex for the description. In the letter from Matschie to Coart 558 is named Simia koolokamba ituricus and 544 Simia fsihego ituriensis. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Type in ons museum’

571 Moschus aquaticus Ogilby, 1841 Proc.Zool.Soc.London, for 1840, p. 35 RMCA 571 from Panga, RDCongo, collected by Nahan, received 31 July 1903. See Colobus matschie ituricus. Description of 1841, animal from 1903. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt expliciet gezegd dat het type van Sierra Leone is, niets over 571.

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146 734 Aonyx capensis congica Lonnberg, 1910 Arkiv f.Zool., 7: no. 9, p. 1 RMCA 734 from Kisantu, RDCongo, collected by Goossens, received 14 August 1905. In the register Lonnberg (1912) is the determinator. It is mounted. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Er wordt niets gezegd.

767 Giraffa camelopardalis cottoni Lydekker, 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.London, 1: 207 RMCA 767 a male from Lado enclave, Sudan. Is a gift of Powell-Cotton and is indicated as topotype in the register. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niet vermeldt als ‘type’.

779 780 Bubalus adolfi-friederici Matschie, 1918 Sitzb.Ges.Naturf.Freunde, Berlin, p. 307, text-f. 1 RMCA 779 a female from Mawambi, RDCongo. RMCA 780 a male from Eddo, RDCongo. Both a gift from Powell-Cotton, received in 1908. The type is from Irumu of the expedition of zu Mechlenburg. Matschie do mention two specimens of Quex and two specimens of RMCA, but only say that 779 is similar and 780 is different from the just described species. I haven’t seen the skull of 780 although it must exist. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Blz 327 bij fotos staat voor 779 en 780 ‘paratype’ Blz 326 ‘nevens twee Paratypen van…’

947 a,b,c,d,e 948 a,b 949 950 Mus jacksoni montis Thomas and Wroughton, 1910 Trans.Zool.Soc.London, 19: 503 This series is indicated in the register as topotypes. All from Ruwenzori East and bought from Rosenberg in 1911. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Paratypen zijn in ons bezit’

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147 951 Mus denniae Thomas, 1906 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. (7) 18: 144 RMCA 951 is indicated in the register as topotype. It is from Ruwenzori East and bought from Rosenberg in 1911. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een Paratype is ook in onze verzameling’

954 a,b 955 Dasymys medius Thomas, 1906 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., Vol. 7, p. 143 They are indicated as topotypes in the register. All from the Ruwenzori Expedition and bought from Rosenberg in 1911. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘uit de typische reeks’

959 Funisciurus carruthersi carruthersi Thomas, 1906 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 18: 140 RMCA 959 is a male from Ruwenzori East, Uganda, collected 8 March 1906. According the register a topotype and bought from Rosenberg in 1911. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een der exemplaren’

1108 Tamiscus vulcanorumvulcanorum Thomas, 1918 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., ser. 9 1: 35 RMCA 1108 is from Burunga, RDCongo, collected by Kemp 11 June 1911 field number 2246. According the register this is a paratype but Thomas give only the number of the type and mention four specimens from Burunga. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Er wordt niets gezegd.

1206 1207 Cephalophus leucogaster seke Lorenz, 1923 Ann.Naturhist.Mus.Wien, 36:104, text-f. 5, 8 In the register as topotypes. RMCA 1206 an adult with M3 out. RMCA 1207 a juvenile with pd4 as last erupted teeth, field number 277. Skins present. Both collected by Grauer in Ukaika. Lorenz doesn’t indicate a type or paratype, but 277 isn’t in his list and he say nothing about Tervuren. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘exemplaar uit de typische reeks’

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148 1483 Crocidura poensis attila Dollman, 1915 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., (8) 15: 512 RMCA 1483 a male from Bitye, Cameroun collected by Bates 26 June 1912 This specimen is indicated as topotype, we bought it from Rosenberg. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘wij bezitten exemplaren uit Medje’

1623 a,b,c 1624 a,b 1626 Protoxerus stangeri notabilis Thomas, 1915 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. (9) 11: 528 Thomas mentions six specimens and indicated 199 (now BMNH 14.2.11.7) as type, this was RMCA 1623 c. All six collected by Christy in Avakubi. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘exemplaar uit typische reeks’

1664 b,c 1665 a,b,c 1666 a Graphiurus christyi Dollman, 1914 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 4, p. 80 The type is RMCA 1664 b but stayed in BMNH. It is a male from Mambaka, RDCongo, collected by Christy, 22 January 1913, field number 444. Dollman mention RMCA 1664c (433 male), RMCA 1665c (419 female), RMCA 1665b (446 female), RMCA 1665a (448 female, also kept in BMNH but the skull is here) all four from Mambaka, RDCongo, January 1913 and RMCA 1666a (215 female) from Mambo, RDCongo, 13 November 1912. All from Christy. The animals from Mambaka are topotypes. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘exemplaren uit de typische reeks zijn in ons bezit’

1693 a,b 1694 a,c 1695 a 1721 1724 1728 1730 1734 Thamnomys rutilans centralis Dollman, 1914 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 4, p. 82 The type is RMCA 1693 b but stayed in BMNH. It is a male from Fundi, RDCongo, collected by Christy, 5 January 1913, field number 361. Dollman mention from Fundi, RDCongo, RMCA 1693a (357 male), RMCA 1694a (343 female), 1694c (380 female), from Mambaka, RDCongo RMCA 1695a (405 male), RMCA 1721 (423 female), RMCA 1724 (422 male), RMCA 1728 (402 male), RMCA 1730 (428 male) and one from Pili Pili, RDCongo RMCA 1734 (281 female). They are all collected by Christy. The ones from Fundi are topotypes. 1724 isn’t indicated as cotype. 1693 a, 1728 stayed also in BMNH. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Paratypen zijn in ons bezit’

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149 1706 a 1710 a,b Epimys schoutedeni Dollman, 1914 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 4, p. 82 The type is RMCA 1710 b but stayed in BMNH. It is a male from Mambaka, RDCongo, collected by Christy, 22 January 1913, field number 434. Dollman mention RMCA 1706 a (412 male) and RMCA 1710a (336 male), both from Mambaka, RDCongo, collected by Christy, January 1913. Topotypes. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Paratypen in onze verzameling’

2621 Madoqua piacentinii Drake-Brockman, 1911 Proc.Zool.Soc.London, p. 981 RMCA 2621 a male from Obbia - Gharabrusin Somalie (05.21 n - 48.32 e) and is collected by Drake Brockman, we bought it from Rosenberg. Indicated as topotype in the register.

2626 Hipposideros caffer guineensis Andersen, 1906 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. (7) 17:275, 278 RMCA 2626 is from Efulen, Cameroon, collected by Bates. Skull and skin are indicated as topotype, the type is BMNH 1897.12.1.11 from the Como River, a bit further to the south. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een topotypisch stuk’

2665 Simia kooloo-kamba yambuyae Matschie, 1913 Ann.Soc.Roy.Zool. Et Malacol.De Belgique, Vol. 47, p. 46 RMCA 2665 an adult from Yambuya, RDCongo, collected by Bequaert received 26 January 1914. Indicated as type in the register. The description is based on a specimen of the zu Mechlenburg expedition. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Er wordt niets gezegd over dit type.

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150 3187 Perodicticus arrhenii Lonnberg, 1917 Kungl.Sv.Vet.Akad.Handl.Stockholm, Band 58, p. 45 RMCA 3187 a female from Masisi, RDCongo, collected by Bonnevie 2 February 1914. Indicated as topotype in the register. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Er wordt niet gezegd dat we een type zouden hebben.

3428 Cercopithecus petronellae Buttikofer, 1911 Notes Leyden Museum, Vol. 34, p. 1 RMCA 3428 probably from upper Congo, RDCongo, received 15 July 1914. Buttikofer mention beside the type two extra animals, one living in the Antwerp Zoo. He doesn’t use it the description. In the register as paratype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een Paratype is ons bezit’

4315 4316 4317 4318 4319 4320 4321 4322 4323 Hemigalago demidoffi medius Thomas, 1915 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., Vol. 16, p 466 RMCA 4315 to 4323 are according the register cotypes but Thomas only says that original number 1214 from Christy is the type. The type and two other from the series stays in BMNH. Topotypes. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘in onze verzameling berusten de Paratypen’

4327 Perodicticus faustus Thomas, 1910 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., (8) 6: 426 RMCA 4327 a male from Poko, RDCongo, collected by Christy, 22 august 1914. Indicated as topotype in the register, P.p.faustus is situated on the left bank of the Congo. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Hier staat helemaal niets over.

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151 4356 Potamogale velox argens Thomas, 1915 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., Vol. 16, p 470 RMCA 4356 is from Poko, RDCongo, collected by Christy, 6 July 1914, field number 1206. In the register as cotype. The type in BMNH is of Christy (field number 763). Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Paratypen in ons museum’

4362 Sylvisorex gemmeus irene Thomas, 1915 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., Vol. 16, p 151 RMCA 4362 a female from Medje, RDCongo, collected by Christy, 8 April 1914, field number 809. In the register as paratype. And I can’t find the other one, original number 1250 from Christy. Topotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘wij zijn in het bezit van het exemplaar uit Medje’

4363 Anomalurus pusillus Thomas, 1887 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. (5) 20: 440 RMCA 4363 a male from Poko, RDCongo, collected by Christy, 29 July 1914. Someone indicated this as type. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niets over gezegd.

4456 4457 4458 4459 4460 Deomys christyi Thomas, 1915 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., Vol. 16, p. 150 RMCA 4456 to 4460 are indicated as cotype in the register but Thomas mention only one (1134) from Christy, the type. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Paratypen uit dezelfde plaats bevinden zich in onze verzameling’

4461 to 4485 Tatera dichura Thomas, 1915 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., Vol. 16, p. 147 All from Poko and collected by Christy. One of this series (1455) is indicated by Thomas as type, but none of the others is mentioned by him. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘exemplaren uit de typische reeks’

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152 4489 to 4508 Taterillus congicus Thomas, 1915 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., Vol. 16, p. 147 All from Poko and collected by Christy. From this series Thomas indicated 1188 as type, but doesn’t mention anything else. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘exemplaren uit de typische reeks’

4615 4616 4617 4619 4620 4621 Epimys longicaudatus ituricus Thomas, 1915 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., ser. 8, Vol. 16, p. 149 RMCA 4615 to 4621 are indicated as cotype but Thomas only say that he has seen 12 specimens. He gives only one number (849) and this is the type. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Paratypen zijn in onze verzameling’

4701 Mylomys alberti Thomas, 1915 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., Ser. 8, Vol. 16, p. 148 RMCA 4701 a female from Poko, RDCongo, collected by Christy, 10 July 1914, original number 1237. In the register as cotype. Thomas indicated 1231 as type in the original description, 1237 is mentioned later. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Paratype in ons bezit’

4718 Arvicanthis macculus akka Thomas, 1915 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. (8) 16: 479 RMCA 4718 from Poko, RDCongo, collected by Christy, 11 June 1914, field number 943. Cotype according the register, but Thomas takes the one from Pasha as type. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niets over types gezegd, dit is een Lemniscomys.

5034 Acomys percivali Dollman, 1911 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., Vol. 8, p. 126 RMCA 5034 is marked as cotype in the register but the original field number 92 is not even by the listed specimens.

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153 5096 Herpestes ochraceus perfulvidus Thomas, 1904 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. (7) 14: 96 RMCA 5096 a male from east of Buras, Somalie, collected by Drake-Brockman, 31 January 1907. Said to be a topotype, date of description is 1904.

8267 8268 8269 8270 8576 Cercopithecus leucampyx schoutedeni Schwarz, 1928 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 16, p. 126 The description is based on 19 specimens from Berlin and he determine RMCA 8267, 8268, 8269, 8270 and 8576 as from the same race. In the register 8576 is indicated as paratype. RMCA 8270 is a C.hamlyni. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘werd beschreven naar exemplaren … alsmede naar mijn exemplaar’

9043 Eptesicus ater Allen, 1917 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist. 37:443 RMCA 9043 is from Faradje, RDCongo, collected by Schouteden, 6 July 1925. In register as topotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een zijner exemplaren’

9545 Antilope leucotis Lichtenstein and Peters, 1854 Ber.K.Preuss.Akad.Wiss., Berlin for 1853, p. 164 RMCA 9545 a male from Lake No, on the Nile, Sudan, collected by Danis, in 1909. In the register as a type, I don’t understand why. Maybe because of the next one. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Er wordt niet gezegd dat dit een type is.

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154 9546 9547 9548 Bubalus solvayi Matschie, 1911 Deutsche Jaeger-Zeitung, 57: no 7, p. 104 RMCA 9546, 9547, 9548 are three skulls collected by Danis, in 1909. They are according to Schouteden collected together with the type, and so they become cotype in the register. The first two come from Mongalla, Lado but the third one is collected at Kanisa, Shambek and probably a B.azrakensis Matschie, 1906 Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘drie schedels uit de typische reeks’ On page 318 a Photo of 9546 but indicated as 1546, a Mastomys.

10677 10686 10687 Aethomys walambae hintoni Hatt, 1934 Am.Mus.Nov., 708, p. 7 RMCA 10677, 10686 and 10687 are marked as paratype in the register. Hatt mention them together with two topotypes in BMNH. He give 10086 and 10087 as their number. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt niets over gezegd, wel over Aethomys kaiseri kaiseri maar enkel dat het tweede exemplaar in BMNH gebleven is.

11536 11537 Aethomys kaiseri Noack, 1887 Zool.Jahrb., Syst., 2:228 11536 and 11537 are A.kaiseri from Albertville collected by Lombart. One (11536) is missing and according to the register in BMNH. RMCA 11537 is a juvenile from 11536. We received them in 1932. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een tweede in BMNH gebleven’

12302 Helogale hirtula robusta Allen, 1924 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 47, p 183 RMCA 12302 an adult male from Faradje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 6 March 1911. Original number AMNH 51103. In the register as paratype, it is mentioned in the table. One of the six from Faradje. Topotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een dezer exemplaren’ bij Dologale dybowskii.

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155 12305 Atilax macrodon Allen 1924 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 47, p 205 RMCA 12305 a male from Niapu, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 24 December 1913. Original number AMNH 51632. In the register as paratype, not in the table. One of the thirteen from Niapu. Probably topotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een Paratype is in ons bezit’

12306 Xenogale microdon Allen, 1919 Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 1, p 27 RMCA 12306 a male from Akenge, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 14 October 1913. Original number AMNH 51616. In the register as paratype. Not mentioned in the description but from the same locality as the type (see Allen, 1924). Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een exemplaar uit de typische reeks’

12325 Panthera pardus iturensis Allen, 1924 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 47, p 259 RMCA 12325 a female from Akenge, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 16 September 1913. Original number AMNH 52033. It is one of the 20 specimens that represent the subspecies and is mentioned in the table. In the register as paratype. One of the six from Akenge, the type-locality is Niapu. Cotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een Paratype van dezen vorm is in ons bezit’

12326 12442 Crocuta crocuta fortis Allen, 1924 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 47, p 214 RMCA 12326 from Faradje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 26 August 1911. Original number AMNH 52061. RMCA 12442 from Faradje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 20 February 1912. Original number AMNH 52066. Both indicated as paratype in the register. Two of the thirteen of Faradje. AMNH 52066 is in the table. Topotypes. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘twee zijner exemplaren’

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156 12327 Orycteropus erikssoni faradjius Hatt, 1932 American Museum Novitates, N° 535, p. 1 RMCA 12327 a female from Faradje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 17 June 1911. Original number AMNH 51908. In the register as paratype. It is not mentioned but one of the eleven from Faradje. Topotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘waaronder een Paratype van Hatt’

12361 Rhinolophus axillaris Allen, 1917 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 37, p 429 RMCA 12361 a male from Aba, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 17 December 1911. Original number AMNH 49174. As paratype in the register. It is not mentioned but one of the five from Aba. Topotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een van zijn exemplaren’

12362 Mops occipitalis Allen, 1917 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 37, p 474 RMCA 12362 a female from Medje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 16 September 1910. Original number AMNH 48849. In the register as paratype. It is not mentioned but one of the six from Medje, the type itself is the only specimen from Avakubi. Cotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een der exemplaren’

12363 Rhinolophus abae Allen, 1917 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 37, p 428 RMCA 12363 a female from Aba, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 16 December 1911. Original number AMNH 49176. In the register as paratype. It is not mentioned but one of the ten from Aba. Topotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een van zijn exemplaren’

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157 12364 12365 Chaerephon abae Allen, 1917 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 37, p 464 RMCA 12364 a female from Faradje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 25 February 1911. Original number AMNH 48837. RMCA 12365 a female from Aba, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 15 December 1911. Original number 48868. Both as paratype in the register. 12365 (topotype) is one of the 25 from Aba as the type, 12364 (cotype) is one of the four additional ones from Faradje. Allen himself call the ones from Aba topotypes. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een zijner exemplaren’ Also for Chaerephon chapini he says ‘een hunner exemplaren’ but I have no idea which one this should be.

12366 12367 Hipposideros abae Allen, 1917 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 37, p 432 RMCA 12366 a female from Aba, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 13 December 1911. Original number AMNH 49145. RMCA 12367 a male from Aba, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 3 December 1911. Original number AMNH 49126. Both indicated as paratype in the register. Two of the thirty five from Aba. Topotypes. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘twee dezer exemplaren’

12379 Hipposideros langi Allen, 1917 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 37, p 434 RMCA 12379 a female from Medje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 22 April 1910. Original number AMNH 49092. The skull is indicated as paratype but the skin is not indicated, also in the register nothing is mentioned. The type is from Avakubi. Cotype. Hayman (66) called it Hipposideros cyclops. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een der paratypen’

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158 12380 Mops congicus Allen, 1917 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 37, p 467 RMCA 12380 a female from Medje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 8 September 1910. Original number 48898. In the register as paratype. One of the fifteen from Medje. Allen called it topotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een der exemplaren’

12387 12388 Eptesicus faradjius Allen, 1917 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 37, p 444 RMCA 12387 a male from Faradje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 30 March 1911. Original number AMNH 49052. RMCA 12388 a female from Niangara, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 16 November 1910. Original number AMNH 49035. Both as paratype in the register. One of the fourteen from Faradje and one of the ten from Niangara, Faradje is the type-locality. According to Allen 12387 is a topotype, the other one is then a cotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een der exemplaren’

12389 Chaerophon russatus Allen, 1917 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 37, p 458 RMCA 12389 a female from Medje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 8 September 1910. Original number 48930. As paratype in the register. One of the twenty seven from Medje. Allen mention it as topotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een dezer exemplaren’

12390 Nycteris pallida Allen, 1917 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 37, p 425 RMCA 12390 a male from Faradje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 22 November 1911. Original number AMNH 49119. As paratype in the register. One of the eight from Faradje. Topotype also for Allen. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een der exemplaren’

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159 12391 Nyctinomus ochraceus Allen, 1917 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 37, p 455 RMCA 12391 a female from Medje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 6 March 1910.Original number AMNH 48827. In the register as paratype. One of the twenty two from Medje. Topotype according to Allen. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een exemplaar van’ Also for Nyctinomus ansorgei he says ‘een zijner exemplaren’ but I have no idea which one this should be.

12397 Miniopterus breyeri vicinior Allen, 1917 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 37, p 450 RMCA 12397 a male from Aba, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 16 December 1911. Original number AMNH 49030. In the register as paratype. One of the seventeen from Aba so it is a topotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een dezer stukken’

12401 Idiurus langi Allen, 1922 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 47, p. 69 RMCA 12401 a male from Medje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 16 March 1910. Original number AMNH 50547. In the register as paratype. One of the six from Medje and called a topotype by Allen. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een er van’

12413 Atelerix langi Allen, 1922 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 47, p 15 RMCA 12413 a juvenile female from Faradje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 23 March 1911. Original number 51004. In the register as cotype. One of the six from Faradje. Topotype but with a very close relationship (daughter of the type) to the type! Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een hunner exemplaren’

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160 12419 12420 Funisciurus anerythrus niapu Allen, 1922 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition, Vol. 47, p.52 RMCA 12419 a male from Niapu, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 14 November 1914. Original number AMNH 50882. RMCA 12420 a female from Niapu, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 14 November 1914. Original number AMNH 50881. Both in the register as paratype. Two of the twenty two from Niapu. Topotypes. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘waarvan Paratypen in ons bezit’

12424 12425 12426 Heliosciurus rufobrachium medjianus Allen, 1922 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition, Vol. 47, p.48 RMCA 12424 a male from Medje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 2 April 1914. Original number AMNH 50780. RMCA 12425 a female from Medje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 28 February 1914. Original number AMNH 50779. RMCA 12426 a young male from Medje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 3 August 1914. Original number AMNH 50771. In the register all three as paratype. Three of the twenty three from Medje. Allen mention them as topotypes. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘drie dezer exemplaren’

12432 Heliosciurus rufobrachium rubricatus Allen, 1922 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition, Vol. 47, p.50 RMCA 12432 a male from Avakubi, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 8 December 1909. Original number AMNH 50752. In the register as paratype. One of the seven from Avakubi. Cotype. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een van zijn exemplaren’

12439 Anomalurops beecrofti chapini Allen, 1922 Bull.Amer.Mus.Nat.Hist., Congo Expedition Vol. 47, p. 65 RMCA 12439 a male from Medje, RDCongo, collected by Lang and Chapin, 8 May 1910. Original number AMNH 50479. In the register as paratype. One of the twelve from Medje. Topotype and it is not in the table. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘een zijner exemplaren’

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161 13280 Claviglis albolineatus Frechkop, i.l. Schouteden, 46 In Schouteden, Annalen van het museum van Belgisch Congo, reeks II, Deel III, Aflevering 3, p. 464 RMCA 13280 from Gabiro, Rwanda, collected by Verhulst, received 27 April 1936. No description in Schouteden 1946, he says that Frechkop will describe this specimen as a new species. Frechkop didn’t. Frechkop corrected the situation in ‘Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr., Vol. 40, p. 222’. And he called it a Claviglis vulcanicus. In Wilson and Reeder 2005 page 825 G.albolineata (Frechkop, 1947) is a synonym for Graphiurus microtis and on page 826 G.vulcanicus (Lonnberg and Gyldenstolpe, 1925) is a synonym of Graphiurus murinus. In the register as type. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘Dr Frechkop zal binnenkort de beschrijving laten verschijnen’

13884 13885 Lepus marjorita ruandensis Schouteden, 1944 Ann.Mus.Congo Belge, Zoologie, ser. 2, Vol. 3, p. 536 RMCA 13884 from Nyakatare, Rwanda, collected by Druet, received 4 August 1937. RMCA 13885 from Nyakatare, Rwanda, collected by Druet, received 4 August 1937. These two animals are indicated as ‘? type‘ in the register but this is not in the handwriting of Schouteden. Schouteden thinks that these animals are a new form which he shall characterise later, which he never did. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 ‘die ik later zal karakteriseren’

15304 Cephalophus rufilatus viegasi RMCA 15304 a female from Madina Boe, Guinee-Bissau, collected by Monard, 20 March 1937, field number 977. In the register it is called a paratype. In ‘Résultats de la Mission scientifique du Dr. Monard en Guinée Portugaise 1937 – 1938 vol II, Ongulés’ by Monard from 1938, Monard use in fact N°977 as typical and evaluated all other skins against N° 977 but he don’t describe it. Meester and Setzer also mention that he didn’t describe.

15700 Cephalophus silvicultor (Afzelius, 1815) Nova Acta Reg.Soc.Sci., Upsala, 7: 265 RMCA 15700 a male from Kimangunu, RDCongo, collected by Vleeschouwer, 3 August 1939. In the register as type. Collected 124 years after the description. The red label is a mark to indicate it as a record in the Roland Ward list.

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162 17897 Leggada bufo ablutus Allen and Loveridge, 1942 Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool. At Harvard College, Vol. 89, p. 199 RMCA 17897 from Idjwi, RDCongo, collected by Loveridge, 18 February 1939.Original number MCZ 40746. In the register as paratype. One of the three specimens, 40745 is the type, 40747 is the female paratype and ours is the third one. Schouteden – De zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi, 1947 Wordt op blz 552 vermeld als ‘n.ssp.’

20386 Aepyceros melampus rendilis Lonnberg, 1912 Kungl.Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., Stockholm, (2) 48:no 5, p. 164 RMCA 20386 is indicated as topotype in the register. It is a gift of Baron Lambert collected in Kenya at Guaso Nyiro 10 November 1913. Collected a year after the description.

77.054-M-0526 Malacomys longipes giganteus Bellier and Gautun, 1968 Mammalia, Vol. 32, p.80 RMCA 77.054-M-0526 a male from Banco, Ivory Coast, collected by Bellier 6 January 1966. Field number 6877. As paratype on the label and as type on the material list from Van der Straeten. Three numbers 6851, 6877, 6921 are mentioned in the publication and the teeth are drawn in fig2 and 3, 6877 is the youngest of the three. The collections of O.R.S.T.O.M., Adiopodoume, were send to the department Biology at the University of Antwerp to study them, in 1977 Van der Straeten was ready with his study on Malacomys and he send two (type and co-type) to Paris and one to us. According the description type and cotype are in Paris and the third one (ours) in Adiopodoume.

Never seen Congosorex verheyeni Hutterer, Barriere and Colyn, 2001 Bull.Inst.Roy.Sci.Nat.Belgique, Biol., 72: 1-6 In a publication by Hutterer and Peters in 2010, Bonn Zoological Bulletin is mentioned that there are paratypes in RMCA, MNHN and PSB. The type is ZFMK 99.932 from Mbomo, Republic of Congo, collected by ECOFAC, 19 October 1996, field number R16761. If eventually a specimen would arrive then it must be incorporated in collection 93.091.

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163 Never seen Myosorex kihaulei Stanley and Hutterer, 2000 Bonn.Zool.Beitr., BD. 49, p.20 In the description they mention as paratype an animal with original number 10984, this is from Mufindi, Tanzania, collected by Leirs, 21 December 1988. The type is FMNH 155619 from Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve, Tanzania,collected by Kihaule and Stanley, 8 September 1995. If eventually the specimen would arrive then it must be incorporated in collection 96.037.

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164 Acronym AMNH Berlin BMNH FMNH IRSAC IRSNB IZEA LEGERA MCZ MHNG MNHN MSB NHM NMB NMZB ORSTOM PBS Powell-Cotton QUEX Park RBINS RMCA SMF Smithsonian SMNS Sokoine Stockholm USNM ZFMK

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American Museum of Natural History, New York Zoologisches Museum, Berlin – now ZMB see NHM Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Institut pour la Recherche Scientifique en Afrique Centrale, Lwiro see RBINS Institut de Zoologie et d’Ecologie Animale, Lausanne Laboratoire d’Ecologie et de Gestion de Ressources Animales, Kisangani Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, Cambridge Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneve Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris Museum of Southwestern Biology, Albuquerque The Natural History Museum, London Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel – now NMBA Natural History Museum Zimbabwe, Bulawayo –now NHMZ Centre O.R.S.T.O.M. d’Adiopodoume Paimpont Biological Station, Rennes Powell-Cotton Museum, Birchington see Powell-Cotton Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Brussel Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt see USNM Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde, Stuttgart Rodent Pest Control Center, Sokoine University, Morogoro Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm, now - NRM United States National Museum, Washington Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn

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Mammalia Macroscelidea Petrodromus tordayi tumbanus Kershaw, 1923

2

Hyracoidea Dendrohyrax arboreus braueri Hahn, 1933 Dendrohyrax beniensis Brauer, 1917 Dendrohyrax brevimaculatus Brauer, 1917 Dendrohyrax congoensis Brauer, 1917 Dendrohyrax rubriventer Brauer, 1917 Procavia ituriensis Brauer, 1917

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Proboscidea Elephas africanus fransseni Schouteden, 1914

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Primates Galago crassicaudatus lestradei Schouteden, 1953 Galago senegalensis inustus Schwarz, 1930 Cercopithecus ascanius cirrhorhinus Matschie, 1912 Cercopithecus ascanius katangae Lonnberg, 1919 Cercopithecus ascanius orientalis Lonnberg, 1919 Cercopithecus cephus ngottoensis Colyn, 1999 Cercopithecus denti liebrechtsi Dubois and Matschie, 1912 Cercopithecus dryas Schwarz, 1932 Cercopithecus salongo Thys van den Audenaerde, 1977 Cercopithecus insignis Elliott, 1909 Cercopithecus leucampyx elgonis Lonnberg, 1919 Cercopithecus mitis heymansi Colyn and Verheyen, 1987 Cercopithecus leucampyx maesi Lonnberg, 1919 Cercopithecus brazzae uelensis Lonnberg, 1919 Cercopithecus mona schwarzi Schouteden, 1944 Cercopithecus elegans Dubois and Matschie, 1912 Cercopithecus pyrogaster Lonnberg, 1919 Cercopithecus pygerythrus katangensis Lonnberg, 1919 Cercopithecus aethiops lukonzolwae Matschie, 1912 Cercopithecus cynosurus weynsi Dubois and Matschie, 1912 Cercopithecus cynosurus itimbiriensis Dubois and Matschie 1912 Cercopithecus patas albosignatus Matschie, 1912 Cercopithecus patas poliomystax Matschie, 1912 Cercocebus albigena weynsi Matschie, 1912 Cercocebus congicus Sclater, 1899 Cercocebus opdenboschi Schouteden, 1944 Miopithecus talapoin pilettei Lonnberg, 1919 Cercopithecus talapoin vleeschouwersi Poll, 1940 Papio kindae Lonnberg, 1919 Colobus polycomos cordieri Rahm, 1959 Colobus polykomos prigoginei Verheyen, 1959 Colobus palliatus mawambicus Matschie, 1913 Colobus mawambicus nahani Matschie, 1914 Colobus palliatus weynsi Matschie, 1913 Colobus matschiei ituricus Matschie, 1912 Colobus matschiei uellensis Matschie, 1912 Piliocolobus anzeliusi Matschie, 1914 Colobus brunneus Lonnberg, 1919

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166 Colobus rufomitratus parmentieri Colyn and Verheyen, 1987 Colobus badius semlikiensis Colyn, 1991 Colobus lovizettii Matschie, 1912 Gorilla gorilla rex-pygmaeorum Schwarz, 1927 Gorilla gorilla uellensis Schouteden, 1927 Pan satyrus paniscus Schwarz, 1929 Fsihego ituriensis De Pauw, 1905 Simia nahani Matschie, 1912

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Lagomorpha Lepus ansorgei zairensis Hatt, 1935

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Soricomorpha Crocidura desperata Hutterer, Jenkins and Verheyen, 1991 Paracrocidura schoutedeni maxima Heim de Balsac, 1959 Paracrocidura schoutedeni Heim de Balsac, 1956 Sylvisorex akaibei Mukinzi, Hutterer and Barriere, 2009 Sylvisorex vulcanorum Hutterer and Verheyen, 1985 Myosorex polli Heim de Balsac and Lamotte, 1956

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Chiroptera Megaloglossus woermanni prigoginei Hayman, 1966 Hipposideros gigas viegasi Monard, 1939 Coleura kummeri Monard, 1939 Nycteris aethiopica guineensis Monard, 1939 Tadarida faini Hayman, 1951 Mops osborni occidentalis Monard, 1939 Mops osborni occidentalis, f. fulva Monard, 1939 Glauconycteris superba Hayman, 1939 Pipistrellus eisentrauti bellieri De Vree, 1972

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Carnivora Felis serval kivuensis Lonnberg, 1920 Felis maka Van Saceghem, 1942 Felis leo bleyenberghi Lonnberg, 1914 Genetta genetta hintoni Schwarz, 1929 Genetta pardina schoutedeni Crawford Cabral, 1970 Genetta tigrina soror Schwarz, 1929 Genetta servalina archeri Van Rompaey and Colyn, 1998 Genetta servalina schwarzi Crawford Cabral, 1970 Crossarchus ansorgei nigricolor Colyn and Van Rompaey, 1990 Helogale percivali tenebrosa Lonnberg, 1918

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Artiodactyla Hylochoerus ituriensis Matschie, 1906 Potamochoerus porcus albinuchalis Lonnberg, 1920 Giraffa camelopardalis congoensis Lydekker, 1903 Okapia liebrechtsi Forsyth Major, 1902 Aepyceros melampus katangae Lonnberg, 1914 Damaliscus superstes Cotterill, 2003 Tragelaphus scriptus johannae Schwarz, 1929 Cephalophus nigrifrons kivuensis Lonnberg, 1919 Cephalophus nigrifrons lusumbi Lonnberg, 1919 Cephalophus weynsi Thomas, 1901

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167 Cephalophus weynsi lestradei Groves and Grubb, 1974 Philantomba walteri Colyn and al., 2010 Sylvicapra grimmia lobeliarum Lonnberg, 1919 Sylvicapra grimmia uvirensis Lonnberg, 1919 Kobus anselli Cotterill, 2005 Redunca redunca dianae Schwarz, 1929

92 93 94 95 96 97

Rodentia Epixerus wilsoni mayumbicus Verheyen, 1959 Funisciurus mayumbicus Kershaw, 1923 Aethosciurus ruwenzorii ituriensis Prigogine, 1954 Aethosciurus ruwenzorii schoutedeni Prigogine, 1954 Protoxerus stangeri kabobo Verheyen, 1960 Protoxerus stangeri kwango Verheyen, 1960 Protoxerus stangeri personatus Kershaw, 1923 Graphiurus schoutedeni Frechkop, 1947 Graphiurus walterverheyeni Holden & Levine, 2009 Acomys muzei Verheyen and al., 2011 Acomys ngurui Verheyen and al., 2011 Deomys ferrugineus vandenberghei Rahm and Verheyen, 1960 Lophuromys angolensis Verheyen and al., 2000 Lophuromys dudui Verheyen and al., 2002 Lophuromys huttereri Verheyen and al., 1996 Lophuromys rahmi Verheyen, 1964 Lophuromys verhageni Verheyen and al., 2002 Lophuromys kilonzoi Verheyen and al., 2007 Lophuromys machangui Verheyen and al., 2007 Lophuromys makundii Verheyen and al., 2007 Lophuromys sabunii Verheyen and al., 2007 Tatera nigricauda bayeri Lonnberg, 1918 Dasymys rwandae Verheyen and al., 2003 Dasymys sua Verheyen and al., 2003 Lemniscomys bellieri Van der Straeten, 1975 Lemniscomys striatus dieterleni Van der Straeten, 1976 Mastomys verheyeni Robbins and Van der Straeten, 1989 Leggada baoulei Vermeiren and Verheyen, 1980 Mylomys cuninghamei richardi Hayman, 1939 Pelomys hopkinsi Hayman, 1955 Praomys degraaffi Van der Straeten and Kerbis Peterhans, 1999 Myomys derooi Van der Straeten and Verheyen, 1977 Praomys jacksoni minor Hatt, 1934 Praomys mutoni Van der Straeten and Akaibe, 1990 Malacomys verschureni Verheyen and Van der Straeten, 1977 Thamnomys venustus schoutedeni Hatt, 1934 Otomys tropicalis faradjius Hatt, 1934 Anomalurops beecrofti schoutedeni Verheyen, 1968 Myoscalops mottoulei Schouteden, 1912

98 99 100 101 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 113 115 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 127 128 129 131 133 134 135 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144

Rejected Acronym Index

145 164 165

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