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Mammalia, type specimens
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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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
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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
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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Cercopithecidae
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.
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Cercopithecidae
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.
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Cercopithecidae
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
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Cercopithecidae
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.
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Cercopithecidae
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).
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Cercopithecidae
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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Cercopithecidae
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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Cercopithecidae
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
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Cercopithecidae
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
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Cercopithecidae
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
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Cercopithecidae
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.
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Cercopithecidae
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
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Cercopithecidae
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.
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Cercopithecidae
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
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Cercopithecidae
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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Cercopithecidae
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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Cercopithecidae
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.
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Hominidae
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
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Hominidae
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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Primates
Hominidae
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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Primates
Hominidae
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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Lagomorpha
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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Soricomorpha
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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Soricomorpha
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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Soricomorpha
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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Soricomorpha
Soricidae
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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Chiroptera
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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70
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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74
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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Artiodactyla
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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Artiodactyla
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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Artiodactyla
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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Artiodactyla
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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Bovidae
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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Artiodactyla
Bovidae
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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Artiodactyla
Bovidae
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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Artiodactyla
Bovidae
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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Artiodactyla
Bovidae
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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Artiodactyla
Bovidae
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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Rodentia
Sciuridae
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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Rodentia
Sciuridae
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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Rodentia
Sciuridae
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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Rodentia
Sciuridae
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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101
Rodentia
Sciuridae
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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102
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Sciuridae
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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103
Rodentia
Sciuridae
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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104
Rodentia
Gliridae
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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105
Rodentia
Gliridae
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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106
Rodentia
Muridae
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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107
Rodentia
Muridae
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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Rodentia
Muridae
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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109
Rodentia
Muridae
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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RMCA 97.021-M-1202 - 1203
Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition
skulls with M3 out, in good condition
Rec: Kikwit WHO-CDC mission, July 1995
Loc: Kwanga-Ngamzi, RDCongo, 5.09 S – 18.56 E
RMCA 97.021-M-1204 male
Prp: alcohol specimen in good condition
skull with M3 out, in good condition
Rec: Kikwit WHO-CDC mission, 1 August 1995, field number 2531
Loc: Mbalaka, RDCongo, 5.00 S – 18.53 E
RMCA 97.021-M-1205 - 1206
Prp: alcohol specimens in good condition
skulls with M3 out, in good condition
Rec: Kikwit WHO-CDC mission, 20 July 1995
Loc: Kikwit, RDCongo, 5.02 S – 18.49 E
RMCA 97.021-M-1180 to 1195 and 97.021-M-1200 to 1206 originally set apart for
USA, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Albuquerque, but they don’t react anymore
so I incorporated them.
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110
Rodentia
Muridae
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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RMCA 95.051-M-3098 female
Prp: alcohol specimen in bad condition
skull with M3 out, in good condition
Rec: Akaibe, 2 August 1986, field number 2974
Loc: Masako, RDCongo
According the field notes 5839 (1739) is captured the 4th March 1986, not the
26th.
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111
Rodentia
Muridae
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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In the description Verheyen say that they all (skins and skulls) have problems
with rust, but the skulls did suffer from a too long stay in formaldehyde, and
the skins are much better now, the rust is almost washed away.
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112
Rodentia
Muridae
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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Muridae
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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114
Rodentia
Muridae
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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Rodentia
Muridae
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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Muridae
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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Muridae
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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Muridae
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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Rodentia
Muridae
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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Muridae
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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RMCA a4.036-M-0058 female
Prp: stuffed skin in good condition
skull with M3 out, in good condition
Rec: Telford, 1 December 1983, field number 5442
Loc: Morogoro, Tanzania
RMCA a4.036-M-0061 female
Prp: stuffed skin in good condition
skull with M3 out, in good condition
Rec: Telford, 17 July 1984, field number 12319
Loc: Morogoro, Tanzania
RMCA a4.036-M-0062 male
Prp: stuffed skin in good condition
skull with M3 out, in good condition
Rec: Telford, 22 January 1985, field number 14377
Loc: Morogoro, Tanzania
RMCA a4.036-M-0063 male
Prp: stuffed skin in good condition
skull with M3 out, in good condition
Rec: Telford, 20 February 1985, field number 14710
Loc: Morogoro, Tanzania
RMCA a4.036-M-0541 female
Prp: skull with M3 out, in good condition
Rec: Telford, 3 March 1982, field number 938
Loc: Morningside, Tanzania, 6.53 S – 37.40 E
RMCA a4.036-M-0543 male
Prp: skull with M3 out, in good condition
Rec: Telford, 19 April 1982, field number 1177
Loc: Morogoro, Tanzania
RMCA a4.036-M-0546 male
Prp: skull with M3 out, in fair condition
Rec: Telford, 14 April 1983, field number 7293
Loc: Tungi Estate, Tanzania, 6.49 S – 37.38 E
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Muridae
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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Rec:
Loc:
RMCA
Prp:
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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Muridae
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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Prp:
Rec:
Loc:
RMCA
Prp:
Rec:
Loc:
RMCA
Prp:
Rec:
Loc:
RMCA
Prp:
Rec:
Loc:
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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Prp:
Rec:
Loc:
RMCA
Prp:
Rec:
Loc:
RMCA
Prp:
Rec:
Loc:
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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Muridae
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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Muridae
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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Muridae
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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Muridae
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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142
133
Rodentia
Muridae
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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RMCA
143
134
Rodentia
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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144
135
Rodentia
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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145
Rejected
The following ones are rejected mainly because they are cotypes or topotypes. Or
they are incorrect indicated as types or paratypes. Or they aren’t in the
collection anymore or never were.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
3
4
5
6
7
8
Proboscidea
Elephas africanus fransseni Schouteden, 1914
9
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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12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
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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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49
50
51
52
53
54
55
Lagomorpha
Lepus ansorgei zairensis Hatt, 1935
56
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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58
59
60
61
62
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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64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
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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73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
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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84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
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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
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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
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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
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