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Chapter 5 - The Pleistocene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2019

D. Margaret Avery
Affiliation:
Iziko Museums of South Africa

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5.1 Pleistocene Mammals

More families, genera and species have been recorded from the Pleistocene than any other epoch in southern Africa (see Table 7.1). Proportions of extinct taxa vary at different levels. Thus, all 15 extant Orders are represented, and all of the 38 families are extant, but the situation is different at the generic and specific levels. Here there is a clear diversification in certain Orders, combined with high proportions of extinct taxa. For instance, in the Artiodactyla, 32 per cent of the genera and 49 per cent of the species are now extinct, while the numbers are 23 per cent and 43 per cent respectively in the Carnivora. On the other hand, the Rodentia contain only 8 per cent extinct genera and 17 per cent extinct species, while all the Chiroptera are extant.

ORDER: AFROSORICIDA

Suborder: Chrysochloridea

FAMILY: CHRYSOCHLORIDAE

Subfamily: Chrysochlorinae

Chlorotalpa duthiae Broom, 1907. Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. 18: 292. Duthie’s golden mole.
Type locality: Knysna.
Additional references: Bronner (Reference Bronner1995a, Reference Bronner1995b).
Chlorotalpa sclateri Broom, Reference Broom1907. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 7, 19: 263. Sclater’s golden mole.
Type locality: Beaufort West.
Additional references: Bronner (Reference Bronner1995a, Reference Bronner1995b); Broom (Reference Broom1907b, Reference Broom1946, Reference Broom1950).
†Chlorotalpa spelea Broom, Reference Broom1941. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 20: 214.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
Chrysochloris asiatica Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 53. Cape golden mole.
Type locality: usually taken as Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1907b, Reference Broom1909c, Reference Broom1910, Reference Broom1946, Reference Broom1950); Petter (Reference Petter1981); Roberts (Reference Roberts1919).
Chrysospalax Gill, Reference Gill and Kingsley1884. Stand. Nat. Hist. 5 (Mamm): 137.
Type locality: None given.
Additional references: Petter (Reference Petter1981).
Chrysospalax villosus Smith, Reference Smith1833. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 2: 81. Rough-haired golden mole.
Synonyms: Chrysochloris villosa.
Type locality: near Durban.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1909c, Reference Broom1913a); Gray (Reference Gray1865a); Meester (Reference Meester1953b); Smith (Reference Smith1849).

Subfamily: Amblysomyinae

Amblysomus hottentotus Smith, Reference Smith1829. Zool. J. 4: 436. Hottentot golden mole.
Synonyms: iris.
Type locality: Grahamstown.
Additional references: Bronner (Reference Bronner1996); Broom (Reference Broom1908, Reference Broom1909c); Capanna et al. (Reference Capanna, Civitelli, Hickman and Nevo1989); Mynhardt et al. (Reference Mynhardt, Maree and Pelser2015); Petter (Reference Petter1981); Roberts (Reference Roberts1946).
Neamblysomus gunningi Broom, Reference Broom1908. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 1: 14. Gunning’s golden mole.
Synonyms: Amblysomus.
Type locality: Woodbush.
Additional references: Bronner (Reference Bronner1995b, Reference Bronner, Kingdon, Happold and Butynski2013); Bronner and Jenkins (Reference Bronner, Jenkins, Wilson and Reeder2005).
†Proamblysomus antiquus Broom, Reference Broom1941 Ann. Transvaal Mus. 20: 214.
Type locality: Sterkfontein

ORDER: MACROSCELIDEA

FAMILY: MACROSCELIDIDAE

Subfamily: Macroscelidinae

Elephantulus Thomas and Schwann, Reference Thomas and Schwann1906. Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 33: 10.
Additional references: Corbet and Hanks (Reference Corbet and Hanks1968); Evans (Reference Evans1942); Holroyd (Reference Holroyd, Werdelin and Sanders2010a); Patterson (Reference Patterson1965); Van der Horst (Reference Van der Horst1944).
†Elephantulus antiquus Broom, 1948. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 21(1): 5.
Type locality: Bolt’s Farm.
Additional references: Patterson (Reference Patterson1965).
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus Smith, Reference Smith1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa: 42. Short-snouted elephant shrew.
Synonyms: Macroscelides.
Type locality: Kuruman to southern Botswana.
Additional references: Smith (Reference Smith1849).
†Elephantulus broomi Corbet and Hanks, Reference Corbet and Hanks1968. Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. 16: 54.
Synonyms: Elephantomys langi.
Type locality: Schurveberg.
Elephantulus edwardii Smith, 1839. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa: pl. 14. Cape elephant shrew.
Synonyms: Macroscelides.
Type locality: Oliphants River.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1924); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Elephantulus fuscus Peters, Reference Peters1851. Reise nach Mossambique, Säugethiere: 87. Dusky elephant shrew.
Type locality: Boror.
Elephantulus intufi Smith, Reference Smith1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa: 42. Bushveld elephant shrew.
Synonyms: Macroscelides.
Type locality: flats beyond Kurrichaine.
Additional references: Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Elephantulus myurus Thomas and Schwann, Reference Thomas and Schwann1906. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1906: 586. Eastern rock elephant shrew.
Type locality: Woodbush.
Elephantulus rupestris Smith, Reference Smith1830. Proc. Commmittee. Sci. Corr. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1: 11. Western rock elephant shrew.
Synonyms: Macroscelides.
Type locality: mountains near mouth of Orange River.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1938b); Roberts (Reference Roberts1938, Reference Roberts1946); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Macroscelides Smith, Reference Smith1829. Zool. J. Lond. 4: 435.
Type locality: none given.
Additional references: Corbet and Hanks (Reference Corbet and Hanks1968); Evans (Reference Evans1942); Patterson (Reference Patterson1965); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Comments: this genus is considered to be monospecific, so this material should almost certainly be assigned to M. proboscideus.
Macroscelides proboscideus Shaw, Reference Shaw1800. Gen. Zool. Syst. Nat. Hist. 1(2) Mammalia: 536. Short-eared elephant shrew.
Synonyms: typicus.
Type locality: Roodeval.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1933, Reference Roberts1938).

Subfamily: †Mylomygalinae

†Mylomygale spiersi Broom, 1948. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 21(1): 8.
Type locality: Taung.
Additional references: Holroyd (Reference Holroyd, Werdelin and Sanders2010a); Patterson (Reference Patterson1965).

ORDER: TUBULIDENTATA

FAMILY: ORYCTOPODIDAE

Orycteropus Cuvier, Reference Cuvier1798. Tableau Elémentaire de l’Histoire Naturelle des Animaux 1798: 144.
Additional references: Holroyd (Reference Holroyd, Werdelin and Sanders2010b); Kitching (Reference Kitching1963); Lehmann (Reference Lehmann2007); Pickford (Reference Pickford2008a).
Orycteropus afer Pallas, Reference Pallas1766. P.S. Pallas Medecinae Doctoris Miscellanea Zoologica: 64. Aardvark.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Kitching (Reference Kitching1963); Lehmann (Reference Lehmann2004, Reference Lehmann2007); Pickford (Reference Pickford2005b); Shoshani et al. (Reference Shoshani, Goldman and Thewissen1988).

ORDER: HYRACOIDEA

FAMILY: PROCAVIIDAE

Dendrohyrax arboreus Smith, Reference Smith1827. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 14: 468. Southern tree hyrax.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1873); Thomas (Reference Thomas1892).
Procavia Storr, Reference Storr1780. Prodromus Methodi Mammalium: 40.
†Procavia antiqua Broom, Reference Broom1934. S. Afr. J. Sci. 31: 472.
Synonyms: Prohyrax; robertsi.
Type locality: Taung.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1948a); Churcher (Reference Churcher1956); McMahon and Thackeray (Reference McMahon and Thackeray1994); Rasmussen and Gutiérrez (Reference Rasmussen, Gutiérrez, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Schwartz (Reference Schwartz1997).
Procavia capensis Pallas, Reference Pallas1766. P.S. Pallas Medecinae Doctoris Miscellanea Zoologica:30. Rock hyrax.
Synonyms: Heterohyrax; coombsi; syriacus; welwitschii.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Maswanganye et al. (Reference Maswanganye, Cunningham, Bennett, Chimimba and Bloomer2017); McMahon and Thackeray (Reference McMahon and Thackeray1994); Thomas (Reference Thomas1892).
†Procavia transvaalensis Shaw, Reference Shaw1937. J. Dental Res. 16: 40.
Synonyms: obermeyerae.
Type locality: Taung.
Additional references: Churcher (Reference Churcher1956); McMahon and Thackeray (Reference McMahon and Thackeray1994).

ORDER: PROBOSCIDEA

FAMILY: ELEPHANTIDAE

Subfamily: Elephantinae

Elephas Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 33.
Synonyms: Archidiskodon; Palaeoloxodon.
Additional references: Cooke (Reference Cooke1961); Todd (Reference Todd2010).
†Elephas iolensis Pomel, Reference Pomel1895. Les éléphants Quaternaires: Carte Géologique de l’Algérie: 32.
Synonyms: Archidiskodon; Mammuthus; Palaeoloxodon; pilgrimia; archidiskodontoides; broomi; hanekomi; kuhni; sheppardi; transvaalensis; wilmani; yorki.
Additional references: Cooke (Reference Cooke1993b); Dart (Reference Dart1927, Reference Dart1929b); Haughton (Reference Haughton1932b); Hendey (Reference Hendey1967); Osborn (Reference Osborn1942); Sanders et al. (Reference Sanders, Gheerbrandt, Harris, Saegusa, Delmer, Werdelin and Sanders2010a); Todd (Reference Todd2010).
Comments: Pomel (Reference Pomel1895) named this species E. jolensis.
†Elephas recki Dietrich, Reference Dietrich and Reck1915. Arch. Biontol. 4(1): 22.
Synonyms: Archidiskodon; Mammuthus; Palaeoloxodon; griqua; antiquus recki.
Additional references: Arambourg (Reference Arambourg1942); Cooke (Reference Cooke1993b); Dart (Reference Dart1929b); Haughton (Reference Haughton1921); Osborn (Reference Osborn1942); Sanders et al. (Reference Sanders, Gheerbrandt, Harris, Saegusa, Delmer, Werdelin and Sanders2010a); Todd (Reference Todd2005, Reference Todd2010).
Loxodonta, Anonymous, 1827. Zool. J. 3: 140.
Synonyms: Tetralophodon?
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach, Reference Blumenbach1797. D. Joh. Fr. Blumenbach’s Handbuch der Naturgeschichte., 5th edition: 125. African bush elephant.
Synonyms: Archidiskodon; Palaeoloxodon; Elephas; Mammuthus; loxodontoides; zulu.
Type locality: Orange River, South Africa.
Additional references: Brook et al. (Reference Brook, Cherkinsky, Marias and Todd2014); Burmeister (Reference Burmeister1837); Dart (Reference Dart1929b); Sanders et al. (Reference Sanders, Rasmussen, Kappelman, Werdelin and Sanders2010b); Todd (Reference Todd2010).
†Loxodonta atlantica Pomel, Reference Pomel1879. Bull. Soc. Géol. France, Series 3, 7: 51.
Synonyms: Archidiskodon; Palaeoloxodon; zulu.
Additional references: Sanders et al. (Reference Sanders, Rasmussen, Kappelman, Werdelin and Sanders2010b); Scott (Reference Scott1907).
†Loxodonta cookei Sanders, Reference Sanders2007. Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 62(1): 7.
Synonyms: Lukeino Stage.
Type locality: Langebaanweg.
Additional references: Pickford and Senut (Reference Pickford and Senut1997); Sanders et al. (Reference Sanders, Gheerbrandt, Harris, Saegusa, Delmer, Werdelin and Sanders2010a); Todd (Reference Todd2010).
†Mammuthus subplanifrons Osborn, Reference Osborn1928. Nature 121: 672–673.
Synonyms: Archidiskodon; Elephas; Mastodon; Stegodon; andrewsi; milletti; proplanifrons; scotti; vanalpheni.
Type locality: Sydney-on-Vaal.
Additional references: Dart (Reference Dart1929b); Maglio and Hendey (Reference Maglio and Hendey1970); Meiring (Reference Meiring1955); Osborn (Reference Osborn1934, Reference Osborn1942); Sanders (Reference Sanders2007); Sanders et al. (Reference Sanders, Gheerbrandt, Harris, Saegusa, Delmer, Werdelin and Sanders2010a); Todd (Reference Todd2010).

ORDER: PRIMATES

Suborder: Haplorrhini

FAMILY: CERCOPITHECIDAE

Subfamily: Cercopithecinae

Cercopithecus Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 26.
Additional references: Jablonsky and Frost (Reference Jablonsky, Frost, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
Comments: material originally identified as Cercopithecus sp. is not mapped because it may be assigned to this genus or to Chlorocebus as currently understood (Wilson and Reeder Reference Wilson and Reeder2005).
Cercopithecus albogularis Sykes, Reference Sykes1831. Proc. Committee Sci. Corr. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1L. Sykes’ monkey.
Synonyms: mitis.
Additional references: Dalton et al. (Reference Dalton, Linden and Wimberger2015); Lawes (Reference Lawes1990).
Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758, Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 28. Grivet.
Synonyms: Cercopithecus.
Chlorocebus pygerythrus Cuvier, Reference Cuvier, Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier1821. Hist. Nat. Mamm. 24: 2. Vervet monkey.
Synonyms: aethiops.
†Dinopithecus ingens Broom, 1937. S. Afr. J. Sci. 33: 753.
Synonyms: Papio.
Type locality: Schurveberg.
Additional references: Freedman and Brain (Reference Freedman and Brain1977); Gilbert (Reference Gilbert2013); Jablonsky and Frost (Reference Jablonsky, Frost, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
†Gorgopithecus major Broom and Robinson, Reference Broom and Robinson1949. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 119: 386.
Synonyms: Parapapio
Type locality: Kromdraai.
Additional references: Gilbert (Reference Gilbert2013); Gilbert et al. (Reference Gilbert, Frost and Delson2016a); Gommery and Bento da Costa (Reference Gommery and Bento da Costa2016); Jablonsky and Frost (Reference Jablonsky, Frost, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
Papio Erxleben, Reference Erxleben1777. Systema Regni Animales per Classes : Mammalia: xxx, 15.
Additional references: Williams et al. (Reference Williams, Ross and Frost2012).
†Papio izodi Gear, Reference Gear1926. S. Afr. J. Sci. 23: 746.
Synonyms: Gorgopithecus; Parapapio; angusticeps; wellsi.
Type locality: Taung.
Additional references: Adams et al. (Reference Adams, Kegley and Krigbaum2013); Cooke (Reference Cooke and Sperber1990); Freedman (Reference Freedman1965); Gilbert (Reference Gilbert2013); Gilbert et al. (Reference Gilbert, Steininger, Kibii and Berger2015); Gilbert et al. (Reference Gilbert, Takahashi and Delson2016b); Gommery and Bento da Costa (Reference Gommery and Bento da Costa2016); Heaton (Reference Heaton2006); Jablonsky and Frost (Reference Jablonsky, Frost, Werdelin and Sanders2010); McKee (Reference McKee1993b); McKee and Keyser (Reference McKee and Keyser1994).
Comments: known material from Kromdraai is referred to Papio (hamadryas) angusticeps and a new specimen to Papio hamadryas spp. indet. by Singleton et al. (Reference Singleton, Gilbert, Frost and Seitelman2016).
†Papio robinsoni Freedman, Reference Freedman1957. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 23(2): 183.
Synonyms: Dinopithecus; Parapapio; hamadryas robinsoni.
Type locality: Swartkrans.
Additional references: Gommery and Bento da Costa (Reference Gommery and Bento da Costa2016); Gommery et al. (Reference Gommery, Thackeray, Potze and Braga2008b); Freedman (Reference Freedman1965); Freedman and Brain (Reference Freedman and Brain1977); Jablonsky and Frost (Reference Jablonsky, Frost, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
Comments: Gommery and Bento da Costa (Reference Gommery and Bento da Costa2016) consider this taxon to be a subspecies of Papio hamadryas.
†Papio spelaeus Broom, 1936. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 18: 396.
Type locality: Pretoria.
Additional references: Freedman (Reference Freedman1957).
Papio ursinus Kerr, Reference Kerr1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the Celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus: 63. Chacma baboon.
Synonyms: cynocephalus; comatus; hamadryas; porcarius; rhodesiae.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Freedman (Reference Freedman1954, Reference Freedman1965); Jablonsky and Frost (Reference Jablonsky, Frost, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Roberts (Reference Roberts1932); Williams et al. (Reference Williams, Ross and Frost2012).
Comments: material from the Koanaka Hills in Botswana is assigned to P. hamadryas by Williams et al. (Reference Williams, Ross and Frost2012), probably because some authors (e.g. Singleton et al. Reference Singleton, Gilbert, Frost and Seitelman2016) consider ursinus to be a subspecies of P. hamadryas. Here, Wilson and Reeder (Reference Wilson and Reeder2005) are followed in considering ursinus to be a full species.
†Parapapio Jones, Reference Jones1937. S. Afr. J. Sci. 33: 726.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
Additional references: Grine and Hendey (Reference Grine and Hendey1981); Jablonsky and Frost (Reference Jablonsky, Frost, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
†Parapapio broomi Jones, Reference Jones1937. S. Afr. J. Sci. 33: 727.
Synonyms: Brachygnathopithecus peppercorni; Gorgopithecus; makapani.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
Additional references: Freedman (Reference Freedman1965); Freedman and Stenhouse (Reference Freedman and Stenhouse1972); Gilbert (Reference Gilbert2013); Gommery and Bento da Costa (Reference Gommery and Bento da Costa2016); Heaton (Reference Heaton2006); Jablonsky and Frost (Reference Jablonsky, Frost, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Maier (Reference Maier1970); Thackeray and Myer (Reference Thackeray and Myer2004).
†Parapapio jonesi Broom, Reference Broom1940. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 20: 93.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
Additional references: Freedman and Brain (Reference Freedman and Brain1977); Freedman and Stenhouse (Reference Freedman and Stenhouse1972); Gilbert (Reference Gilbert2013); Gommery and Bento da Costa (Reference Gommery and Bento da Costa2016); Heaton (Reference Heaton2006); Jablonsky and Frost (Reference Jablonsky, Frost, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Maier (Reference Maier1970); Thackeray and Myer (Reference Thackeray and Myer2004).
†Parapapio whitei Broom, Reference Broom1940. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 20: 90.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
Additional references: Freedman (Reference Freedman1965); Freedman and Stenhouse (Reference Freedman and Stenhouse1972); Gilbert (Reference Gilbert2013); Gommery and Bento da Costa (Reference Gommery and Bento da Costa2016); Heaton (Reference Heaton2006); Jablonsky and Frost (Reference Jablonsky, Frost, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Maier (Reference Maier1970).
†Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews, Reference Andrews1916. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 8, 18: 417.
Synonyms: Parapapio coronatus?; Simopithecus; danieli; leakeyi.
Additional references: Broom and Robinson (Reference Broom and Robinson1948); Dechow and Singer (Reference Dechow and Singer1984); Freedman (Reference Freedman1957, Reference Freedman1976); Freedman and Brain (Reference Freedman and Brain1977); Frost et al. (Reference Frost, Saanane and Starkovich2017); Gilbert (Reference Gilbert2007b, Reference Gilbert2013); Heaton (Reference Heaton2006); Jablonsky and Frost (Reference Jablonsky, Frost, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Leakey (Reference Leakey1943a).

Subfamily: Colobinae

†Cercopithecoides haasgati McKee, Von Mayer and Kuykendall, Reference McKee, Von Mayer and Kuykendall2011. J. Human Evol. 60: 90.
Type locality: Haasgat.
Additional references: Adams et al. (Reference Adams, Kegley and Krigbaum2013); Kegley et al. (Reference Kegley, Hemingway and Adams2011); Von Mayer (Reference Von Mayer1998).
†Cercopithecoides williamsi Mollett, Reference Mollett1947. S. Afr. J. Sci. 43: 298.
Synonyms: molletti.
Type locality: Limeworks Makapansgat.
Additional references: Freedman (Reference Freedman1961, Reference Freedman1965); Freedman and Brain (Reference Freedman and Brain1977); Jablonsky and Frost (Reference Jablonsky, Frost, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Kuykendall and Rae (Reference Kuykendall and Rae2008); Maier (Reference Maier1970); Von Mayer (Reference Von Mayer1998).
Microcolobus Benefit and Pickford Reference Benefit and Pickford1986. Amer. Phys. Anthrop. 69: 446.

FAMILY: HOMINIDAE

Subfamily: Homininae

†Australopithecus africanus Dart, Reference Dart1925. Nature 114: 198.
Synonyms: Plesianthropus; prometheus; transvaalensis.
Type locality: Taung.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1929, Reference Broom1939a); Broom and Robinson (Reference Broom and Robinson1949a, Reference Broom and Robinson1949c); Clarke and Tobias (Reference Clarke and Tobias1995); Dart (Reference Dart1929a, Reference Dart1948a, Reference Dart1954, Reference Dart1959); Häusler and Berger (Reference Häusler and Berger2001); Lockwood and Tobias (Reference Lockwood and Tobias1999, Reference Lockwood and Tobias2002); MacLatchy et al. (Reference MacLatchy, DeSilva, Sanders, Wood, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Toussaint et al. (Reference Toussaint, Macho, Tobias, Partridge and Hughes2003).
†Australopithecus sediba Berger, De Ruiter, Churchill, Schmid, Carlson, Dirks and Kibii, Reference Berger, De Ruiter and Churchill2010. Science 328: 195.
Type locality: Malapa.
Additional references: Carlson et al. (Reference Carlson, De Ruiter and DeWitt2016); De Ruiter et al. (Reference De Ruiter, DeWitt and Carlson2013); Pickering et al. (Reference Pickering, Dirks and Jinnah2011).
Homo Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 20.
Additional references: Clarke et al. (Reference Clarke, Howell and Brain1970); Curnoe (Reference Curnoe2001); Curnoe and Tobias (Reference Curnoe and Tobias2006); Grine (Reference Grine and Brain1993, Reference Grine2005); Smith and Grine (Reference Smith and Grine2008).
†Homo erectus Dubois, Reference Dubois1894. Pithecanthropus erectus: ein meschenähnliche Übergangsform aus Java.
Synonyms: ergaster.
Additional references: MacLatchy et al. (Reference MacLatchy, DeSilva, Sanders, Wood, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Susman (Reference Susman and Brain1993). Comments: Dubois (Reference Dubois1894) not seen.
†Homo gautengensis Curnoe, Reference Curnoe2010. Homo- J. Comp. Human Biol. 61: 172.
Synonyms: habilis.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
Additional references: Curnoe and Tobias (Reference Curnoe and Tobias2006).
†Homo naledi Berger, Hawks, de Ruiter, Churchill et al. Reference Berger, Hawks and De Ruiter2015. eLIFE 2015, 4: e09560: 1.
Type locality: Dinaledi Chamber.
Additional references: Dembo et al. (Reference Dembo, Radovčić and Garvin2016); Holloway et al. (Reference Holloway, Hurst and Garvin2018).
†Homo rhodesiensis Woodward, Reference Woodward1921. Nature 108 (2716): 371–372.
Synonyms: heidelbergensis.
Additional references: Dart (Reference Dart1948a, Reference Dart1948b); MacLatchy et al. (Reference MacLatchy, DeSilva, Sanders, Wood, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Singer (Reference Singer1956).
Comments: there is disagreement among specialists as to whether the African material should be assigned to H. heidelbergensis or to H. rhodesiensis (MacLatchy et al. Reference MacLatchy, DeSilva, Sanders, Wood, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
Homo sapiens Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 20. Modern human.
Synonyms: capensis; helmei.
Additional references: Ackermann et al. (Reference Ackermann, Mackay and Arnold2016); Beaumont et al. (Reference Beaumont, De Villiers and Vogel1978); Bräuer et al. (Reference Bräuer, Deacon and Zipfel1992); Bräuer and Singer (Reference Bräuer and Singer1996); Broom (Reference Broom1918); Churchill et al. (Reference Churchill, Pearson, Grine, Trinkaus and Holliday1996); Dart (Reference Dart1940); De Villers (Reference De Villiers1973, Reference De Villiers1974, Reference De Villiers1976a, Reference De Villiers1976b); Drennan (Reference Drennan1937, Reference Drennan1953, Reference Drennan1955); Dreyer (Reference Dreyer1935); Galloway (Reference Galloway1937a, Reference Galloway1937b); Grine (Reference Grine1998, Reference Grine2000, Reference Grine2012); Grine et al. (Reference Grine, Jungers, Tobias and Pearson1995, Reference Grine, Bailey and Harvati2007, Reference Grine, Gunz, Betti-Nash, Neubauer and Morris2010); Haughton et al. (Reference Haughton, Thomson and Péringuey1917); Hughes (Reference Hughes and Sperber1990); L’Abbé et al. (Reference L’Abbé, Loots and Keough2008); Pycraft (Reference Pycraft1925); Keith (Reference Keith1933); MacLatchy et al. (Reference MacLatchy, DeSilva, Sanders, Wood, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Pearson and Grine (Reference Pearson and Grine1996); Pickford and Senut (Reference Pickford and Senut1998); Rightmire (Reference Rightmire1978, Reference Rightmire1979b); Rightmire and Deacon (Reference Rightmire and Deacon1991); Rightmire et al. (Reference Rightmire, Deacon, Schwartz and Tattersall2006); Singer (Reference Singer1954); Smith et al. (Reference Smith, Nshimirimana and De Beer2012); Stynder et al. (Reference Stynder, Moggi-Cecchi, Berger and Parkington2001); Trinkaus et al. (Reference Trinkaus, Ruff and Conroy1999).
†Paranthropus robustus Broom, Reference Broom1938. Nature 142: 379.
Synonyms: Australopithecus; crassidens.
Type locality: Kromdraai.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1939a, Reference Broom1939d, Reference Broom1939e, Reference Broom1949a); Broom and Robinson (Reference Broom and Robinson1950a, Reference Broom and Robinson1950b, Reference Broom and Robinson1952); Clarke (Reference Clarke and Grine1988); Clarke et al. (Reference Clarke, Howell and Brain1970); De Ruiter et al. (Reference De Ruiter, Steininger and Berger2006); Gommery (Reference Gommery2000); Grine (Reference Grine1981, Reference Grine1982, Reference Grine and Brain1993); Grine and Daegling (Reference Grine and Daegling1993); Grine and Klein (Reference Grine and Klein1985); Grine and Susman (Reference Grine and Susman1991); Grine et al. (Reference Grine, Jacobs, Reed and Plavcan2012); Keyser (Reference Keyser2000); Kuykendall and Conroy (Reference Kuykendall and Conroy1999); MacLatchy et al. (Reference MacLatchy, DeSilva, Sanders, Wood, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Prat and Gommery (Reference Prat and Gommery2012); Prat et al. (Reference Prat, Jashajsvili, Gommery and Thackeray2014); Robinson (Reference Robinson1970); Steininger et al. (Reference Steininger, Berger and Kuhn2008).

ORDER: RODENTIA

Suborder: Sciuromorpha

FAMILY: SCIURIDAE

Subfamily: Xerinae

Paraxerus palliatus Peters, Reference Peters1852. Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 17: 273. Red bush squirrel.
Type locality: Quintangonha.
Xerus inauris Zimmermann, 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen und der Allgemein Verbreiteten Vierfüssigen Thiere 2: 344. South African ground squirrel.
Synonyms: Geosciurus capensis.
Type locality: Kaffirland, 100 miles (160 km) north of Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Skurski and Waterman (Reference Skurski and Waterman2005).

Suborder: Myomorpha

FAMILY: GLIRIDAE

Subfamily: Graphiurinae

Graphiurus Smuts, Reference Smuts1832. Dissertation Zoologica, Ennumerationem Mammalium Capensium: 32–33.
Synonyms: Claviglis; Gliriscus; Myoxus.
Additional references: Daams and De Bruijn (Reference Daams and De Bruijn1995); Holden (Reference Holden1996); Montgelard et al. (Reference Montgelard, Matthee and Robinson2003); Webb and Skinner (Reference Webb and Skinner1995).
Graphiurus microtis Noack, Reference Noack1887. Zool. Jahrb. 2: 248. Large savanna African dormouse.
Synonyms: griselda; littoralis; schneideri; streeteri.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1938).
Graphiurus murinus Desmarest, Reference Desmarest1822. Mammalogie ou descriptions des espèces de mammifères, Part 2 (suppl.): 542. Forest African dormouse.
Synonyms: alticola; tasmani; woosnami; vandami; zuluensis.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Holden (Reference Holden1996); Kryštufek et al. (Reference Kryštufek, Haberl, Baxter and Zima2004); Roberts (Reference Roberts1931, Reference Roberts1938).
Graphiurus ocularis Smith, Reference Smith1829. Zool. J. 4: 439. Spectacled African dormouse.
Synonyms: Myoxus; capensis.
Type locality: near Plettenberg Bay.
Additional references: De Winton (Reference De Winton1898); Holden (Reference Holden1996); Smith (Reference Smith1849).

FAMILY: NESOMYIDAE

Subfamily: Cricetomyinae

Cricetomys ansorgei Thomas, Reference Thomas1904. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 7, 13: 412. Southern giant pouched rat.
Synonyms: gambianus.
Saccostomus Peters, Reference Peters1846. Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 11: 258.
Comments: the Holocene material should almost certainly be assigned to S. campestris since this is the only species currently understood to occur in southern Africa (Wilson and Reeder Reference Wilson and Reeder2005).
Saccostomus campestris Peters, Reference Peters1846. Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 11: 258. Southern African pouched mouse.
Synonyms: anderssoni; hildae; limpopoensis; mashonae; pagei; streeteri.
Type locality: Tete.
Additional references: Denys (Reference Denys1988b); Roberts (Reference Roberts1914).

Subfamily: Delanymyinae

†Stenodontomys Pocock, Reference Pocock1987. Palaeontol. Afr. 26(7): 86.
Type locality: Limeworks Makapansgat.

Subfamily: Dendromurinae

Dendromus Smith, Reference Smith1829. Zool. J. 4: 438.
Synonyms: Poemys.
Dendromus melanotis Smith, Reference Smith1834. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 2: 148. Grey African climbing mouse.
Synonyms: arenarius; concinnus; nigrifrons.
Type locality: near Port Natal: Durban.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1931); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Dendromus mesomelas Brants, Reference Brants1827. Het Geslacht der Muizen door Linnaeus Opgesteld: 122. Brants’ African climbing mouse.
Synonyms: ayresi; typica.
Type locality: Sunday’s River, east of Port Elizabeth.
Additional references: Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Dendromus mystacalis Heuglin, Reference Heuglin1863. Nov. Act. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. 30: 2 suppl.: 5. Chestnut African climbing mouse
Dendromus nyikae Wroughton, Reference Wroughton1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 8, 3: 248. Nyika African climbing mouse.
Malacothrix Wagner, Reference Wagner1843. In: Schreber, Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen, Suppl. 3: 496.
Malacothrix typica Smith, Reference Smith1834. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 2: 148. Large-eared African desert mouse.
Type locality: Graaff Reinet District.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1932).
Steatomys Peters, Reference Peters1846. Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 11: 258.
Steatomys krebsii Peters, Reference Peters1852. Reise nach Mossambique, Säugethiere: 165. Krebs’s African fat mouse.
Synonyms: chiversi; pentonyx; pratensis.
Type locality: Kaffraria.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1931).
Steatomys pratensis Peters, Reference Peters1846. Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 11: 258. Common African fat mouse.
Synonyms: natalensis; opimus.
Type locality: Tete.
Comments: material from Botswana was identified as Steatomys opimus but, as currently understood, this species is almost entirely confined to West Africa (Musser and Carleton Reference Musser, Carleton, Wilson and Reeder2005).

Subfamily: Mystromyinae

Mystromys Wagner, Reference Wagner1841. Gelehrte Anz. I. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 12(54): col. 434.
Mystromys albicaudatus Smith, Reference Smith1834. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 2: 148. African white-tailed rat.
Synonyms: Otomys; antiquus.
Type locality: Albany District.
Additional references: De Winton (Reference De Winton1898); Grubb (Reference Grubb2004); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
†Mystromys hausleitneri Broom, 1937. S. Afr. J. Sci. 33: 766.
Synonyms: hauslichtneri.
Type locality: Schurveberg.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1948a).
Comments: there is disagreement about the identity of some Pleistocene samples, which have been variously assigned to this species or to M. albicaudatus. See Avery (Reference Avery1998) for further discussion.
†Proodontomys cookei Pocock, Reference Pocock1987. Palaeontol. Afr. 26(7): 82.
Type locality: Limeworks Makapansgat

Subfamily: Petromyscinae

Petromyscus Thomas, Reference Thomas1926. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 9, 17: 179.
Additional references: Petter (Reference Petter1967).

FAMILY: MURIDAE

Subfamily: Deomyinae

Acomys Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Reference Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire1838. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. Paris, Series 2: 10: 126.
Additional references: Chevret et al. (Reference Chevret, Denys, Jaeger, Michaux and Catzeflis1993a); Dippenaar and Rautenbach (Reference Dippenaar and Rautenbach1986).
Acomys spinosissimus Peters, Reference Peters1852. Reise nach Mossambique, Saugethiere: 160. Southern African spiny mouse.
Synonyms: cahirinus selousi; transvaalensis.
Type locality: Tete and Buio.
Additional references: Dippenaar and Rautenbach (Reference Dippenaar and Rautenbach1986).
Acomys subspinosus Waterhouse, Reference Waterhouse1837. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1837: 104. Cape spiny mouse.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Dippenaar and Rautenbach (Reference Dippenaar and Rautenbach1986).

Subfamily: Gerbillinae

Desmodillus Thomas and Schwann, Reference Thomas and Schwann1904. Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 2: 6.
Synonyms: Gerbillus; Pachyuromys.
Additional references: Pavlinov (Reference Pavlinov, Denys, Granjon and Poulet2001).
Desmodillus auricularis Smith, Reference Smith1834. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 2: 160. Short-eared gerbil.
Synonyms: Gerbillus; brevicaudatus.
Type locality: Kamiesberg.
Additional references: Griffin (Reference Griffin and Seeley1990); Qumsiyeh (Reference Qumsiyeh1986); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Gerbilliscus Thomas, Reference Thomas1897. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 433.
Synonyms: Gerbillus; Tatera.
Gerbilliscus afra Gray, Reference Gray1830. Spicil. Zool. 2: 10. Cape gerbil.
Synonyms: Gerbillus; Meriones; Tatera; africanus.
Type locality: vicinity of Cape Town.
Additional references: Chacornac (Reference Chacornac1999); Cuvier (Reference Cuvier1841); Davis (Reference Davis1949, Reference Davis1965); Qumsiyeh (Reference Qumsiyeh1986); Smith (Reference Smith1849); Smuts (Reference Smuts1832).
Comments: Gray, Reference Gray1830 not seen. Citation according to Wilson and Reeder (Reference Wilson and Reeder2005).
Gerbilliscus brantsii Smith, Reference Smith1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa: 43. Highveld gerbil.
Synonyms: Gerbillus; Tatera; montanus.
Type locality: Ladybrand.
Additional references: Davis (Reference Davis1949, Reference Davis1965); Griffin (Reference Griffin and Seeley1990); Qumsiyeh (Reference Qumsiyeh1986); Roberts (Reference Roberts1926); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Gerbilliscus leucogaster Peters, 1852. Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss., Akad. Wiss. Berlin 17: 274. Bushveld gerbil.
Synonyms: Gerbillus; Tatera.
Type locality: Boror.
Additional references: Davis (Reference Davis1949, Reference Davis1965); Griffin (Reference Griffin and Seeley1990); Qumsiyeh (Reference Qumsiyeh1986).
Gerbillurus Shortridge, Reference Shortridge1942. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 36(1): 52.
Additional references: Qumsiyeh et al. (Reference Qumsiyeh, Hamilton, Dempster and Baker1991).
Gerbillurus paeba Smith, Reference Smith1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa: 43. Paeba hairy-footed gerbil.
Synonyms: Gerbillus; tenuis.
Type locality: Vryberg.
Additional references: Chacornac (Reference Chacornac1999); De Winton (Reference De Winton1898); Griffin (Reference Griffin and Seeley1990); Perrin et al. (Reference Perrin, Dempster and Downs1999); Qumsiyeh (Reference Qumsiyeh1986); Taylor (Reference Taylor2000).

FAMILY: MURIDAE

Subfamily: Murinae

Aethomys Thomas, Reference Thomas1915. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 8, 16: 477.
Additional references: Chimimba (Reference Chimimba1997, Reference Chimimba1998, Reference Chimimba2005); Chimimba and Dippenaar (Reference Chimimba and Dippenaar1994); Chimimba et al. (Reference Chimimba, Dippenaar and Robinson1999); Visser and Robinson (Reference Visser and Robinson1986).
Comments: many specimens were identified as Aethomys sp. at a time when Micaelamys was not recognised as a separate genus. For this reason, distributions that rely on material not identified to species have not been mapped, pending re-identification.
Aethomys chrysophilus De Winton, Reference De Winton1896. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1896: 801. Red veld aethomys.
Additional references: Chimimba (Reference Chimimba2000); Chimimba and Dippenaar (Reference Chimimba and Dippenaar1994); Roberts (Reference Roberts1926, Reference Roberts1946).
Arvicanthis Lesson, Reference Lesson1842. Nouveau Tableau du Règne Animal: 147.
Additional references: Grubb (Reference Grubb2004).
Dasymys Peters, Reference Peters1875. Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1875: 12.
Additional references: Verheyen et al. (Reference Verheyen, Huiselmans and Dierckx2003).
†Dasymys ‘bolti’ Broom, unpublished.
Type locality: Bolt’s Farm.
Additional references: Denys (Reference Denys1990a).
Comments: Nomen nudum.
†Dasymys ‘broomi’ Broom, unpublished.
Synonyms: brevirostris.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
Comments: Nomen nudum.
Dasymys incomtus Sundevall, Reference Sundevall1846. Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl, 3: 120. Common dasymys.
Type locality: Durban.
Additional references: Gordon (Reference Gordon1991); Mullin et al. (Reference Mullin, Pillay and Taylor2004).
Comments: much of the material identified as D. incomtus was identified at a time when this species was the only one recognised in southern Africa. For this reason, this material should be considered as D. incomtus sensu lato until such time as it is re-examined.
†Dasymys ‘lavocati’ Broom, unpublished.
Type locality: Bolt’s Farm.
Comments: Nomen nudum.
Grammomys Thomas, Reference Thomas1915. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8)16: 150.
Synonyms: Thamnomys.
Grammomys dolichurus Smuts, Reference Smuts1832. Dissertation Zoologica, Ennumerationem Mammalium Capensium: 38. Common grammomys.
Type locality: near Cape Town.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1931).
Lemniscomys rosalia Thomas, Reference Thomas1904. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 7, 13: 414. Single-striped lemniscomys.
Synonyms: dorsalis; griselda.
Additional references: Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Mastomys Thomas, Reference Thomas1915. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 8, 16: 477.
Synonyms: Praomys.
Additional references: Britton-Davidian et al. (Reference Britton-Davidian, Catalan, Granjon and Duplantier1995); Granjon et al. (Reference Granjon, Duplantier, Catalan and Britton-Davidian1997); Grubb (Reference Grubb2004); Taylor (Reference Taylor2000).
Mastomys coucha Smith, 1834. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa: 43. Southern African mastomys.
Synonyms: Praomys; natalensis.
Type locality: between Orange River and Tropic of Capricorn.
Additional references: Bronner et al. (Reference Bronner, Van der Merwe and Njobe2007); Dippenaar et al. (Reference Dippenaar, Swanepoel and Gordon1993); Smit and Van der Bank (Reference Smit and Van der Bank2001).
Comments: this material was originally identified as M. natalensis at a time when M. coucha was not recognised as a separate species.
Mastomys natalensis Smith, Reference Smith1834. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 2: 146. Natal mastomys.
Synonyms: Praomys.
Type locality: Port Natal = Durban.
Additional references: Bronner et al. (Reference Bronner, Van der Merwe and Njobe2007); Dippenaar et al. (Reference Dippenaar, Swanepoel and Gordon1993); Green et al. (Reference Green, Keogh, Gordon, Pinto and Hartwig1980); Smit and Van der Bank (Reference Smit and Van der Bank2001); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Comments: see comment under M. coucha above.
Micaelamys Ellerman, Reference Ellerman1941. Families and Genera of Living Rodents 2: 170.
Synonyms: Aethomys.
Type locality: not given by Ellerman (Reference Ellerman1941) but presumably Deelfontein since this is the type locality of the type species M. granti.
Micaelamys namaquensis Smith, Reference Smith1834. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 2: 160. Namaqua micaelamys.
Synonyms: Aethomys; lehocla.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope: restricted to Witwater.
Additional references: Chimimba (Reference Chimimba2001); Chimimba and Dippenaar (Reference Chimimba and Dippenaar1994); Roberts (Reference Roberts1926, Reference Roberts1946); Russo (Reference Russo2009); Smith (Reference Smith1849); Visser and Robinson (Reference Visser and Robinson1986).
Mus Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 59.
Additional references: Britton-Davidian et al. (Reference Britton-Davidian, Robinson and Veyrunes2012); Veyrunes et al. (Reference Veyrunes, Britton-Davidian and Robinson2005).
†Mus major Broom, ?unpublished.
Type locality: Bolt’s Farm.
Comments: Nomen nudum?
Mus minutoides Smith, Reference Smith1834. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 2: 147. Southern African pygmy mouse.
Synonyms: Leggada.
Type locality: Cape Town.
Additional references: Britton-Davidian et al. (Reference Britton-Davidian, Robinson and Veyrunes2012).
Comments: some of the specimens from the more arid areas may be M. indutus, but see comment under that species.
Mus triton Thomas, Reference Thomas1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 8, 4: 548. Grey-bellied mouse.
Additional references: Britton-Davidian et al. (Reference Britton-Davidian, Robinson and Veyrunes2012).
Myomyscus verreauxii Smith, Reference Smith1834. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 2: 146. Verreaux’s white-footed rat.
Synonyms: Praomys; Myomys; colonus.
Type locality: near Cape Town.
Additional references: Grubb (Reference Grubb2004); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Pelomys fallax Peters, Reference Peters1852. Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 17: 275. East African pelomys.
Type locality: Caia District.
Rhabdomys Thomas, Reference Thomas1916. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 8, 18: 69.
Rhabdomys dilectus De Winton, Reference De Winton1896. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1896: 803. Mesic four-striped grass rat.
Type locality: Mazoe.
Comments: Rhabdomys dilectus is again regarded (Wilson and Reeder Reference Wilson and Reeder2005) as a separate species from R. pumilio, but at the time that most of the fossil material was identified only R. pumilio was recognised as a full species. No fossil material has yet been identified as R. dilectus, but see comments under R. pumilio below.
Rhabdomys pumilio Sparrman, Reference Sparrman1784. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl.: 236. Xeric four-striped grass rat.
Type locality: Slangrivier: east of Knysna.
Additional references: Castiglia et al. (Reference Castiglia, Solano and Makundi2012); Le Grange et al. (Reference Le Grange, Bastos, Brettschneider and Chimimba2015); Roberts (Reference Roberts1946); Smith (Reference Smith1849); Wroughton (Reference Wroughton1905).
Comments: samples recorded here should be regarded as belonging to Rhabdomys pumilio sensu lato and are very likely to include some material that would currently be regarded as R. dilectus.
Thallomys Thomas, Reference Thomas1920. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 9, 5: 141.
†Thallomys debruyni Broom, 1948. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 21: 35.
Type locality: Taung Hrdlicka’s Cave.
Thallomys paedulcus Sundevall, Reference Sundevall1846. Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. 3: 120.
Synonyms: Acacia thallomys.
Type locality: provisionally fixed as Crocodile Drift, Brits.
Additional references: Taylor (Reference Taylor2000); Taylor et al. (Reference Taylor, Rautenbach, Gordon, Sink and Lotter1995).
Comments: this material was identified as T. paedulcus at a time when only the one species was recognised, but some would now almost certainly be identified as T. nigricauda.
Zelotomys Osgood, Reference Osgood1910. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Series 10: 7.
Zelotomys woosnami Schwann, Reference Schwann1906. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1906: 108. Woosnam’s zelotomys.
Type locality: Molopo River.

Subfamily: †Myocricetodontinae

†Myocricetodon Lavocat, Reference Lavocat1952. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 235: 190.

Subfamily: Otomyinae

†Myotomys campbelli Broom and Schepers, Reference Broom and Schepers1946. Transvaal Mus. Mem. 2: 29.
Type locality: Taung.
Myotomys sloggetti Thomas, Reference Thomas1902. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 7, 10: 311. Rock karoo rat.
Synonyms: Otomys.
Type locality: Deelfontein.
Additional references: Taylor et al. (Reference Taylor, Denys and Mukerjee2004).
Myotomys unisulcatus Cuvier, Reference Cuvier, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier1829. In: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères: 6 LX Otomys cafre. Bush karoo rat.
Synonyms: Euryotis; Otomys.
Type locality: Matjiesfontein.
Additional references: Edwards (Reference Edwards2009); Edwards et al. (Reference Edwards, Claude, Van Vuuren and Matthee2011); Smith (Reference Smith1849); Taylor et al. (Reference Taylor, Campbell, Meester, Willan and Van Dyk1989, Reference Taylor, Denys and Mukerjee2004).
Otomys Cuvier, Reference Cuvier1825. Des Dents des Mammifères Considérées comme Caractères Zoologiques: 168.
Additional references: Chevret et al. (Reference Chevret, Denys, Jaeger, Michaux and Catzeflis1993b); Maree (Reference Maree2002); Meester et al. (Reference Meester, Taylor and Confratto1992).
Comments: many specimens identified as Otomys sp. were identified at a time when Myotomys was not recognised as a separate genus. For this reason, distributions that rely on material not identified to species have not been mapped, pending further identification.
Otomys angoniensis Wroughton, Reference Wroughton1906. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 7, 18: 274. Angoni vlei rat.
Additional references: Bronner and Meester (Reference Bronner and Meester1988); Taylor et al. (Reference Taylor, Denys and Mukerjee2004).
†Otomys gracilis Broom, 1937. S. Afr. J. Sci. 33: 761.
Synonyms: Palaeotomys.
Type locality: Schurveberg.
Otomys irroratus Brants, Reference Brants1827. Het Geslacht der Muizen door Linnaeus Opgesteld: 94. Southern African vlei rat.
Synonyms: Euryotis; Mus.
Type locality: Cape Town District.
Additional references: Bronner et al. (Reference Bronner, Gordon and Meester1988); Engelbrecht et al. (Reference Engelbrecht, Taylor, Daniels and Rambau2011); Smith (Reference Smith1849); Taylor (Reference Taylor2000); Taylor et al. (Reference Taylor, Campbell, Meester, Willan and Van Dyk1989, Reference Taylor, Maree, Van Sandwyk, Baxter and Rambau2009).
Otomys laminatus Thomas and Schwann, Reference Thomas and Schwann1905. Abst. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1905(i)(18): 23. KwaZulu vlei rat.
Type locality: Sibudeni.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1919, Reference Roberts1932).
Otomys saundersiae Roberts, Reference Roberts1929. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 13: 114. Saunders’ vlei rat.
Synonyms: karoensis.
Type locality: Grahamstown.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1931); Taylor et al. (Reference Taylor, Meester and Kearney1993, Reference Taylor, Maree, Van Sandwyk, Baxter and Rambau2009).
Parotomys Thomas, Reference Thomas1918. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 9, 2: 205.
Additional references: Maree (Reference Maree2002); Meester et al. (Reference Meester, Taylor and Confratto1992).
Parotomys brantsii Smith, Reference Smith1834. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 2: 150. Brants’ whistling rat.
Synonyms: Euryotis.
Type locality: ‘towards the mouth of the Orange River’.
Additional references: Rookmaker and Meester (Reference Rookmaker and Meester1988); Smith (Reference Smith1849); Taylor et al. (Reference Taylor, Campbell, Meester, Willan and Van Dyk1989, Reference Taylor, Denys and Mukerjee2004).
Parotomys littledalei Thomas, Reference Thomas1918. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 9, 2: 205. Littledale’s whistling rat.
Type locality: Tuin Kenhardt.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1933); Taylor et al. (Reference Taylor, Campbell, Meester, Willan and Van Dyk1989, Reference Taylor, Denys and Mukerjee2004).

Suborder: Anomaluromorpha

FAMILY: PEDETIDAE

Pedetes Illiger, Reference Illiger1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammaliam et Avium: 81.
Pedetes capensis Forster, Reference Forster1778. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. 39: 109. South African spring hare.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1946).
†Pedetes hagenstadti Dreyer and Lyle, Reference Dreyer and Lyle1931. New Fossil Mammals and Man from South Africa: 40.
Type locality: Florisbad.

Suborder: Hystricomorpha

FAMILY: BATHYERGIDAE

Subfamily: Bathyerginae

Bathyergus Illiger, Reference Illiger1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammaliam et Avium: 86.
Additional references: De Graaff (Reference De Graaff1965); Faulkes et al. (Reference Faulkes, Verheyen, Verheyen, Jarvis and Bennett2004).
Bathyergus janetta Thomas and Schwann, 1904, Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 2: 6. Namaqua dune mole-rat.
Type locality: Port Nolloth.
Additional references: Thomas and Schwann (Reference Thomas and Schwann1904b).
Bathyergus suillus Schreber, 1782. Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen 4: 714. Cape dune mole-rat.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Comments: volume 4 was published in 1792 according to the version reproduced in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/135004#page/137/mode/1up; accessed 19 May 2017) and ‘Der Sandmoll’ is discussed on pp. 715–716, not 714, and Mus suillus is listed on p. 932. Plate 204B appears in an undated volume containing plates 166–280 (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97330#page/125/mode/1up). Bennett et al. (Reference Bennett, Faulkes, Hart and Jarvis2009) give the reference for this species as Schreber, J.C.D. 1782. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband III [Dritte Abtheilung: Die Beutelthiere und Rage]. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, Germany. This publication was not seen.
Cryptomys Gray, 1864. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1864: 124.
Additional references: De Graaff (Reference De Graaff1965); Faulkes et al. (Reference Faulkes, Verheyen, Verheyen, Jarvis and Bennett2004); Ingram et al. (Reference Ingram, Burda and Honeycutt2004); Kock et al. (Reference Kock, Ingram, Frabotta, Honeycutt and Burda2006); Thomas (Reference Thomas1917).
Comments: some specimens previously identified as Cryptomys sp. may be referable to Fukomys sp. as currently understood.
Cryptomys hottentotus Lesson, Reference Lesson1826. Zool. 1: 166. Southern African mole-rat.
Type locality: near Paarl.
Additional references: Avery (Reference Avery2004); Denys (Reference Denys1988a); Roberts (Reference Roberts1913, Reference Roberts1946).
Comments: it is possible that some of the material may be referable to Fukomys damarensis, which was not recognised as a separate species when many of the samples were identified.
†Cryptomys robertsi Broom, 1937. S. Afr. J. Sci. 33: 760.
Type locality: Schurveberg.
Comments: it has been suggested that this taxon is inseparable from Georychus capensis (Avery, Reference Avery1998).
Georychus Illiger, Reference Illiger1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammaliam et Avium: 87.
Additional references: De Graaff (Reference De Graaff1965); De Winton (Reference De Winton1898); Faulkes et al. (Reference Faulkes, Verheyen, Verheyen, Jarvis and Bennett2004); Gray (Reference Gray1864a); Thomas (Reference Thomas1895b, Reference Thomas1917).
Comments: these should almost certainly be assigned to G. capensis.
Georychus capensis Pallas, Reference Pallas1778. Njova. Spec. Quad. Glir. Ord. 76: 172. Cape mole-rat.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Bennett et al. (Reference Bennett, Maree and Faulkes2006, Reference Bennett, Jarvis, Visser, Maree, Child, Roxburgh, Do Linh San, Raimondo and Davies-Mostert2016).
Comments: the Holocene occurrence in 2032 may be considered unlikely: this taxon is currently endemic to South Africa (Maree et al. Reference Maree, Visser, Bennett and Jarvis2017), whereas Cryptomys hottentotus occurs in southern Zimbabwe (Maree and Faulkes Reference Maree and Faulkes2016).

FAMILY: HYSTRICIDAE

Subfamily: Hystricinae

Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters, Reference Peters1852. Reise nach Mossambique, Saugethiere: 170. Cape porcupine.
Additional references: Maguire (Reference Maguire1976).
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 56. Crested porcupine.
Additional references: Maguire (Reference Maguire1976).
†Hystrix makapanensis Greenwood, Reference Greenwood1958. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 13, 1: 365.
Synonyms: major.
Type locality: Limeworks Makapansgat.
Additional references: Adams (Reference Adams2012a); Greenwood (Reference Greenwood1955).

FAMILY: PETROMURIDAE

Petromus Smith, Reference Smith1831. S. Afr. Quart. J. 1(5): 10
Petromus typicus Smith, Reference Smith1831. S. Afr. Quart. J. 1(5): 11. Dassie rat.
Type locality: ‘Mountains towards mouth of Orange River’.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1938, Reference Roberts1946); Smith (Reference Smith1849).

FAMILY THRYONOMYIDAE

Thryonomys Fitzinger, Reference Fitzinger1867. Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wein 56(1): 141.
Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck, Reference Temminck1827. Monographies de Mammalogie 1: 248. Greater cane rat.
Additional references: Van der Merwe (Reference Van der Merwe2007).

ORDER: LAGOMORPHA

FAMILY: LEPORIDAE

Bunolagus monticularis Thomas, Reference Thomas1903. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 7, 11: 78. Riverine rabbit.
Synonyms: Lepus.
Type locality: Deelfontein.
Additional references: Robinson and Dippenaar (Reference Robinson and Dippenaar1987); Robinson and Matthee (Reference Robinson and Matthee2005); Robinson and Skinner (Reference Robinson and Skinner1983).
Lepus Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 57.
Additional references: Robinson and Dippenaar (Reference Robinson and Dippenaar1987); Robinson and Matthee (Reference Robinson and Matthee2005).
Lepus capensis Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 58. Cape hare.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1932).
Lepus saxatilis Cuvier, Reference Cuvier1823. Dict. Sci. Nat. 26: 309. Scrub hare.
Type locality: ‘à trois journées au nord du cap de Bonne-Espérance’ (north of Cape of Good Hope).
Additional references: Kolbe (Reference Kolbe1948); Roberts (Reference Roberts1932); Robinson and Dippenaar (Reference Robinson and Dippenaar1983).
Pronolagus Lyon, Reference Lyon1904. Smithson. Misc. Coll. 45: 416.
Additional references: Robinson and Matthee (Reference Robinson and Matthee2005).
Pronolagus crassicaudatus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Reference Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire1832. Mag. Zool. Paris 2: cl. 1, pl. 9 and text. Natal red rock hare.
Synonyms: Oryctolagus.
Type locality: ‘Port Natal’ (Durban).
Pronolagus randensis Jameson, Reference Jameson1907. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 7, 20: 404. Jameson’s red rock hare.
Type locality: ‘Observatory Kopje Johannesburg’.
Pronolagus rupestris Smith, Reference Smith1834. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 2: 174. Smith’s red rock hare.
Synonyms: crassicaudatus.
Type locality: Probably Van Rhynsdorp District.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1938).

ORDER: ERINACEOMORPHA

FAMILY: ERINACEIDAE

Subfamily: Erinaceinae

Atelerix frontalis Smith, Reference Smith1831. S. Afr. Quart. J. 1(5): 10, 29. Southern African hedgehog.
Synonyms: Erinaceus capensis.
Type locality: northern parts of the Graaff Reinet district.
Additional references: Smith (Reference Smith1830, 1838, Reference Smith1849).
†Erinaceus broomi Butler and Greenwood, Reference Butler and Greenwood1973. Foss. Vert. Afr. 3: 7–42.
Synonyms: Atelerix major.
Type locality: Bolt’s Farm (A. major).
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1937b, Reference Broom1948a).

ORDER: SORICOMORPHA

FAMILY: SORICIDAE

Subfamily: Crocidurinae

Crocidura Wagler, Reference Wagler1832. Isis von Oken 25: 275.
Additional references: Butler et al. (Reference Butler, Thorpe and Greenwood1989); Jenkins et al. (Reference Jenkins, Ruedi and Catzeflis1998); Meester (Reference Meester1953a, Reference Meester1961b, Reference Meester1963); Meester et al. (Reference Meester, Richardson and Work1985).
Crocidura cyanea Duvernoy, Reference Duvernoy1838. Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Strasbourg 2: 2. Reddish-grey musk shrew.
Type locality: Citrusdal Citrusdal fide Shortridge (Reference Shortridge1942: 27).
Crocidura flavescens Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Reference Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire1827. Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 11: 324. Greater red musk shrew.
Synonyms: Sorex; capensis.
Type locality: King William’s Town.
Additional references: Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Crocidura fuscomurina Heuglin, Reference Heuglin1865. Nov. Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. 32: 36. Bicolored musk shrew.
Synonyms: bicolor.
Additional references: Hutterer (Reference Hutterer1983).
Crocidura hirta Peters, Reference Peters1852. Reise nach Mossambique, Saugethiere: 78. Lesser red musk shrew.
Type locality: Tete.
Crocidura mariquensis Smith, 1844. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa: pl. 44, fig. 1. Swamp musk shrew.
Synonyms: Sorex.
Type locality: near Marico River.
Additional references: Dippenaar (Reference Dippenaar1977, Reference Dippenaar1979); Meester (Reference Meester1964b); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Comments: citation as given in Wilson and Reeder (Reference Wilson and Reeder2005). There is clearly considerable uncertainty surrounding the publication dates of Smith’s Illustrations of South African Zoology (Low and Evenhuis Reference Low and Evenhuis2014).
Crocidura silacea Thomas, 1895. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 6, 16: 53. Lesser grey-brown musk shrew.
Type locality: Figtree Creek.
†Crocidura taungensis Broom, 1948. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 21: 10.
Synonyms: Suncus.
Type locality: Taung.
Additional references: Meester (Reference Meester1954).
Suncus Ehrenberg, Reference Ehrenberg, Hemprich and Ehrenberg1832. In Hemprich and Ehrenberg, Symbolae Physicae, seu, Icones et Descriptiones 2: k.
Additional references: Jenkins et al. (Reference Jenkins, Ruedi and Catzeflis1998); Meester (Reference Meester1953a); Meester and Lambrechts (Reference Meester and Lambrechts1971); Meester and Meyer (Reference Meester and Meyer1972); Quérouil et al. (Reference Quérouil, Hutterer and Barrière2001).
Comments: there is doubt about authorship of this series of publications. See discussion on www.zoonomen.net/mammtax/cit/jours.html.
Suncus infinitesimus Heller, Reference Heller1912. Smithson. Misc. Coll. 60(12): 5. Least dwarf shrew.
Suncus lixus Thomas, Reference Thomas1897. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 930. Greater dwarf shrew.
Synonyms: Crocidura.
Suncus varilla Thomas, Reference Thomas1895. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 6, 16: 54. Lesser dwarf shrew.
Type locality: East London.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1946).

Subfamily: Myosoricinae

Myosorex Gray, Reference Gray1837. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1837: 124.
Additional references: Matthews and Stynder (Reference Matthews and Stynder2011b); Meester (Reference Meester1953a, Reference Meester1958); Quérouil et al. (Reference Quérouil, Hutterer and Barrière2001); Willows-Munro and Matthee (Reference Willows-Munro and Matthee2009).
Myosorex cafer Sundevall, Reference Sundevall1846. Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. 3: 119. Dark-footed mouse shrew.
Synonyms: tenuis.
Type locality: ‘E Caffraria interiore et Port-Natal’.
Additional references: Avery (Reference Avery1998).
†Myosorex robinsoni Meester, Reference Meester1954. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 22: 272.
Type locality: Swartkrans.
Additional references: Butler (Reference Butler, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Butler and Greenwood (Reference Butler and Greenwood1979).
Myosorex varius Smuts, Reference Smuts1832. Dissertation Zoologica, Ennumerationem Mammalium Capensium: 108. Forest shrew.
Synonyms: Sorex.
Type locality: Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1924); Smith (Reference Smith1849).

ORDER: CHIROPTERA

Suborder: Microchiroptera

FAMILY: RHINOLOPHIDAE

Rhinolophus Lacépède, Reference Lacépède1799. Tableau des Divisions, Sous-divisions, Ordres, et Genres des Mammifères: 15.
Additional references: Andersen (Reference Andersen1905); Taylor et al. (Reference Taylor, Stoffberg and Monadjem2012).
Comments: Lacépède, Reference Lacépède1799 not seen. Citation according to Wilson and Reeder (Reference Wilson and Reeder2005).
Rhinolophus blasii Peters, Reference Peters1866. Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1866: 17. Blasius’ horseshoe bat.
Rhinolophus capensis Lichtenstein, Reference Lichtenstein1823. Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin: 4. Cape horseshoe bat.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Rhinolophus clivosus Cretzschmar, Reference Cretzschmar1826. In: Rüppell, Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika Zoologie: 47. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire’s horseshoe bat.
Synonyms: geoffroyi.
Rhinolophus darlingi Andersen, Reference Andersen1905. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 7, 15: 70. Darling’s horseshoe.
Type locality: Mazoe.
Rhinolophus hildebrandtii Peters, Reference Peters1878. Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1878: 195. Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bat.
Additional references: Taylor et al. (Reference Taylor, Stoffberg and Monadjem2012).

FAMILY: HIPPOSIDERIDAE

Hipposideros Gray, Reference Gray1831. Zoological Miscellany 1: 37.
Hipposideros caffer Sundevall, Reference Sundevall1846. Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. 3: 118. Sundevall’s leaf-nosed bat.
Hipposideros gigas Wagner, Reference Wagner1845. Arch. Naturgesch. 11(1): 148. Giant leaf-nosed bat.
Hipposideros vittatus Peters, Reference Peters1852. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique: 32. Striped leaf-nosed bat.
Synonyms: Rhinolophus; commersoni.
Additional references: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (Reference Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire1813); Thomas (Reference Thomas1904a).

FAMILY: NYCTERIDAE

Nycteris Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier, Reference Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier1795. Mag. Encyclop. 2: 186.
Nycteris thebaica Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Reference Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire1818. Description des Mammifères qui se trouvent en Egypte 2: 119. Egyptian slit-faced bat.
Additional references: Gray et al. (Reference Gray, Fenton and Van Cakenberghe1999).

FAMILY: EMBALLONURIDAE

Taphozous Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Reference Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire1818. Description des Mammifères qui se trouvent en Egypte 2: 113.

FAMILY: MOLOSSIDAE

Subfamily: Molossinae

Tadarida Rafinesque, Reference Rafinesque1814. Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques: 55.
Tadarida aegyptiaca Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Reference Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire1818. Description des Mammifères qui se trouvent en Egypte 2: 128. Egyptian free-tailed bat.

FAMILY: VESPERTILIONIDAE

Subfamily: Vespertilioninae

Eptesicus Rafinesque, Reference Rafinesque1820. Ann. Nature 1: 2.
Comments: distribution of material assigned only to genus has been disregarded because it may well belong to Neoromicia as presently understood.
Eptesicus hottentotus Smith, Reference Smith1833. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 1: 59. Long-tailed serotine.
Type locality: Uitenhage.
Additional references: Hill and Harrison (Reference Hill and Harrison1987); Kearney et al. (Reference Kearney, Volleth, Contrafatto and Taylor2002).
Glauconycteris variegata Tomes, Reference Tomes1861. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1861: 36. Variegated butterfly bat.
Neoromicia capensis Smith, Reference Smith1829. Zool. J. 4: 435. Cape serotine.
Additional references: Riccucci and Lanza (Reference Riccucci and Lanza2008).
Scotophilus nigrita Schreber, Reference Schreber1775. Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen 1: 171. Giant house bat.
Synonyms: dinganii.
Additional references: Robbins (Reference Robbins1978); Robbins et al. (Reference Robbins, De Vree and Cakenberghe1985).
Comments: volume 1 was published in 1775 (not 1774) according to the version obtained from the University of Heidelberg (http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/schreber1875textbd) and Vespertilio nigrita is listed on p. 190. Plate 58 appears in an undated volume containing plates 1–80 (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97331#page/279/mode/1up).

Subfamily: Myotinae

Cistugo lesueuri Roberts, Reference Roberts1919. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 6: 112. Lesueur’s wing-gland bat.
Synonyms: Myotis.
Type locality: Lormarins.
Additional references: Kearney and Van Schalkwyk (Reference Kearney and Van Schalkwyk2009).
Myotis Kaup, Reference Kaup1829. Skizz. Entwickel.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt 1: 106.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1842).
Myotis tricolor Temminck, Reference Temminck1832. In: Smuts, Dissertation Zoologica, Ennumerationem Mammalium Capensium: 106. Temminck’s myotis.
Type locality: Cape Town.
Additional references: Kearney et al. (Reference Kearney, Volleth, Contrafatto and Taylor2002).
Myotis welwitschii Gray, Reference Gray1866. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1866: 211. Welwitsch’s myotis.
Synonyms: Scotophilus.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1866); Ratcliffe (Reference Ratcliffe2002).

Subfamily: Miniopterinae

Miniopterus Bonaparte, 1837. Iconografia della Fauna Italica 1: fasc. 20.
Additional references: Miller-Butterworth et al. (Reference Miller-Butterworth, Murphy and O’Brien2007).
Miniopterus schreibersii Kuhl, Reference Kuhl1817. Die Deutschen Fledermäuse: 14. Schreibers’s long-fingered bat.
Additional references: Miller-Butterworth et al. (Reference Miller-Butterworth, Eick, Jacobs, Schoeman and Harley2005); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Comments: some of the material would perhaps now be assigned to Miniopterus natalensis, which was previously considered to be a subspecies of M. schreibersii.

ORDER: PHOLIDOTA

FAMILY: MANIDAE

Subfamily: Smutsiinae

Smutsia Gray, 1865. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865: 360.
Synonyms: Manis.
Additional references: Gaudin et al. (Reference Gaudin, Emry and Wible2009).
Smutsia temminckii Smuts, Reference Smuts1832. Dissertation Zoologica, Ennumerationem Mammalium Capensium: 54. Ground pangolin.
Synonyms: Manis.
Type locality: Latakou = Litakun.
Additional references: Gaudin (Reference Gaudin, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Gaudin et al. (Reference Gaudin, Emry and Wible2009); Gray (Reference Gray1865b); Smith (Reference Smith1849); Sundevall (Reference Sundevall1842).

ORDER: CARNIVORA

Suborder: Feliformia

FAMILY: FELIDAE

Subfamily: Felinae

Acinonyx jubatus Schreber, Reference Schreber1775. Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen 2(14): pl. 105 [1775], also see text 3 (22): 392 [1777]. Cheetah.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Krausman and Morales (Reference Krausman and Morales2005).
Comments: citation according to Wilson and Reeder (Reference Wilson and Reeder2005). Volume 3 was published in 1778 according to the version reproduced in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/135003#page/120/mode/1up) and Felis jubata is listed on p. 586. Plate 105 appears in an undated volume containing plates 81–165 (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97341#page/107/mode/1up).
Caracal caracal Schreber, 1776. Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen 3(16): pl. 110 [1776], see also text 3(24): 413, 587 [1777]. Caracal.
Synonyms: Felis.
Type locality: Table Mountain, near Cape Town.
Additional references: Roberts (Reference Roberts1926); Werdelin and Peigné (Reference Werdelin, Peigné, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
Comments: citation according to Wilson and Reeder (Reference Wilson and Reeder2005). Volume 3 was published in 1778 according to the version reproduced in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/135003#page/141/mode/1up) and Felis caracal is listed on p. 587. Plate 110 appears in an undated volume containing plates 81–165 (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97341#page/131/mode/1up).
†Dinofelis aronoki Werdelin and Lewis, Reference Werdelin and Lewis2001. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 132: 239, 250.
Synonyms: Therailurus.
Additional references: Hemmer (Reference Hemmer1965); Lacruz et al. (Reference Lacruz, Turner and Berger2006); O’Regan and Menter (Reference O’Regan and Menter2009); O’Regan and Steininger (Reference O’Regan and Steininger2017).
Comments: the material from Cooper’s was originally assigned to D. piveteaui (Ewer Reference Ewer1955c) by O’Regan and Menter (Reference O’Regan and Menter2009).
Dinofelis barlowi Broom, 1937. S. Afr. J. Sci. 33: 757.
Synonyms: Machaerodus; Megatereon; Therailurus; darti; transvaalensis.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
Additional references: Collings (Reference Collings1973); Collings et al. (Reference Collings, Cruickshank, Maguire and Randall1976); Cooke (Reference Cooke1991); Ewer (Reference Ewer1955c, Reference Ewer1957a); Hemmer (Reference Hemmer1965); Lacruz et al. (Reference Lacruz, Turner and Berger2006).
†Dinofelis piveteaui Ewer, 1955. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 125: 588.
Synonyms: Therailurus.
Additional references: Piveteau (Reference Piveteau1948).
Felis Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 41.
Comments: material identified as Felis sp. has not been mapped because, in many cases, this identification included what are currently ascribed to other genera such as Leptailurus and Caracal.
†Felis crassidens Broom, Reference Broom and Robinson1948. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 21: 14.
Type locality: Kromdraai.
Felis nigripes Burchell, Reference Burchell1824. Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa 2: 592. Black-footed cat.
Type locality: implied country of the ‘Bachapins’, presumably in the capital Litákun: Letárkoon.
Additional references: Renard et al. (Reference Renard, Lavoie, Pitt and Larivière2015); Roberts (Reference Roberts1926).
†Felis shawi Broom, 1948. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 21(1): 14.
Synonyms: Panthera.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
Additional references: Ewer (Reference Ewer1956a).
Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777. Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen 3(23): 397. Wild cat.
Synonyms: libyca.
Additional references: Grubb (Reference Grubb2004).
Comments: volume 3 was published in 1778 according to the version reproduced in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/135003#page/125/mode/1up) and Felis catus is listed on p. 587. Plate 107 appears in an undated volume containing plates 81–165 (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97341#page/115/mode/1up).
†Homotherium crenatidens Weithofer, Reference Weithofer1889. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 39(1): 65.
Synonyms: Machairodus; latidens.
Comments: there appears to be disagreement as to which species of Homotherium is represented at Sterkfontein: Turner (Reference Turner1987a) considers the material to be H. crenatidens, whereas Reynolds (Reference Reynolds2010b) assigns it to H. latidens.
Leptailurus serval Schreber, 1776. Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen 3(16): pl. 108 [1776], see also text 3 (23): 407[1777]. Serval.
Synonyms: Felis; spelaeus.
Type locality: restricted to the ‘Cape region of South Africa’.
Additional references: Werdelin and Peigné (Reference Werdelin, Peigné, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
Comments: citation according to Wilson and Reeder (Reference Wilson and Reeder2005). Volume 3 was published in 1778 according to the version reproduced in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/135003#page/135/mode/1up) and Felis serval is listed on p. 587. Plate 107 appears in an undated volume containing plates 81–165 (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97341#page/125/mode/1up).

Subfamily: †Machairodontinae

†Megantereon gracile Broom, 1948. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 21: 11.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
†Megantereon whitei Broom, 1937. S. Afr. J. Sci. 33: 756.
Synonyms: Felis; cultridens.
Type locality: Schurveberg.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1939c, Reference Broom1946); Hartstone-Rose et al. (Reference Hartstone-Rose, De Ruiter, Berger and Churchill2007); Turner (Reference Turner1987b); Werdelin and Peigné (Reference Werdelin, Peigné, Werdelin and Sanders2010).

Subfamily: Pantherinae

Panthera leo Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 41. Lion.
Additional references: Haas et al. (Reference Haas, Hatssen and Krausman2005); Lacruz (Reference Lacruz2009).
Panthera pardus Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 41. Leopard.
Additional references: Ewer (Reference Ewer1956a).

FAMILY: HERPESTIDAE

†Atilax mesotes Ewer, 1956. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 126: 259–274.
Synonyms: Herpestes.
Atilax paludinosus Cuvier, Reference Cuvier, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier1829. Le Règne Animal distribué d’après son Organisation, Nouvelle édition, 1: 158. Marsh mongoose.
Synonyms: Herpestes.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Baker (Reference Baker1992); Cuvier (Reference Cuvier, Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier1824).
†Crossarchus transvaalensis Broom, 1937. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 10, 20: 512.
Type locality: Bolt’s Farm.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1939c); Werdelin and Peigné (Reference Werdelin, Peigné, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier, Reference Cuvier, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier1829. Le Règne Animal distribué d’après son Organisation, Nouvelle édition 1: 158. Yellow mongoose.
Synonyms: lepturus; ogilbyii.
Type locality: restricted to ‘Uitenhage, CP’.
Additional references: Ewer (Reference Ewer1956a, Reference Ewer1957a); Lundholm (Reference Lundholm1954); Roberts (Reference Roberts1932); Smith (Reference Smith1849); Taylor and Meester (Reference Taylor and Meester1993).
Galerella pulverulenta Wagner, Reference Wagner1839. Gelehrte. Anz. I. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 9: 426. Cape grey mongoose.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Cavallini (Reference Cavallini1992); Lynch (Reference Lynch1981).
Galerella sanguinea Rüppell, Reference Rüppell1835. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. 1: 27. Slender mongoose.
Synonyms: Herpestes sanguineus; punctulatus.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1849); Roberts (Reference Roberts1932); Taylor (Reference Taylor1975).
Herpestes Illiger, Reference Illiger1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammaliam et Avium: 135.
Additional references: Hendey (Reference Hendey1973a); Werdelin and Peigné (Reference Werdelin, Peigné, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
Comments: this genus has not been mapped because material was identified at a time when Galerella, as currently understood, was not recognised as a separate genus.
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 43. Egyptian mongoose.
Synonyms: Ichneumon ratlamuchi; Herpestes badius.
Additional references: Smith (1838, Reference Smith1849).
Ichneumia albicauda Cuvier, Reference Cuvier, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier1829. Le Règne Animal distribué d’après son Organisation, Nouvelle édition, 1: 158. White-tailed mongoose.
Additional references: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (Reference Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire1837); Taylor (Reference Taylor1972).
Mungos mungo Gmelin, Reference Gmelin1788. In: Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, 13th edition, 1: 84. Banded mongoose.
Type locality: believed to be eastern part of South Africa, (former) Cape Province.
Rhynchogale Thomas, Reference Thomas1894. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1894: 139
†Suricata major Hendey, Reference Hendey1974. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 63: 267.
Type locality: Elandsfontein.
Suricata suricatta Schreber, 1776. Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen: pl. 117 [1776]. Meerkat.
Type locality: restricted to ‘Deelfontein’.
Additional references: Van Staaden (Reference Van Staaden1994).
Comments: citation according to Wilson and Reeder (Reference Wilson and Reeder2005). Version of text volume 3 at (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/135003#page/5/mode/1up) is dated 1778, while the volume in which the plate appears is undated (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97341#page/1/mode/1up).

FAMILY: HYAENIDAE

†Lycyaenops silberbergi Broom and Schepers, Reference Broom and Schepers1946. Transvaal Mem. Mus. 2: 83.
Synonyms: Chasmaporthetes; Lycyaena.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1948a); Werdelin and Peigné (Reference Werdelin, Peigné, Werdelin and Sanders2010).

Subfamily: Hyaeninae

†Chasmaporthetes nitidula Ewer, 1955. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 124: 842.
Synonyms: Euryboas; Lycyaeon.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
Additional references: Hendey (Reference Hendey1978a).
Crocuta Kaup, Reference Kaup1828. Oken’s Isis. Encyclop. Zeit. 21(11): col. 1145
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben, Reference Erxleben1777. Systema Regni Animales per Classes 1: 578. Spotted hyaena.
Synonyms: spelaea; venustula.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1939c); Ewer (Reference Ewer1955a); Turner (Reference Turner1984); Werdelin and Solounias (Reference Werdelin and Solounias1991).
†Crocuta ultra Ewer, Reference Ewer1954. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 124: 570.
Type locality: Kromdraai.
Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 40. Striped hyaena.
Synonyms: striata.
Additional references: Turner (Reference Turner1988).
†Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais, 1850. Zool. Paléontol. Françaises 1: 122.
Synonyms: Hyaena bellax.
Additional references: Alba et al. (Reference Alba, Vinuesa and Madurell-Malapeira2015); Ewer (Reference Ewer1954, Reference Ewer1956b); Mutter et al. (Reference Mutter, Berger and Schmid2001); Turner and Antón (Reference Turner and Antón1996); Werdelin and Peigné (Reference Werdelin, Peigné, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
Comments: according to Alba et al. (Reference Alba, Vinuesa and Madurell-Malapeira2015), this taxon has long been incorrectly attributed to Aymard since his 1846 paper neither describes nor names the taxon.
Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg, Reference Thunberg1820. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., Series 3, 8: 59. Brown hyaena.
Synonyms: Hyaena.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Grubb (Reference Grubb2004); Hendey (Reference Hendey1973a); Mills (Reference Mills1982); Werdelin and Peigné (Reference Werdelin, Peigné, Werdelin and Sanders2010).

Subfamily: Protelinae

Proteles cristata Sparrman, Reference Sparrman1783. Resa Goda-Hopps-Udden, Soedra Pol-kretsen Och Omkring Jordklotet: 581. Aardwolf.
Synonyms: cristatus; lalandii.
Type locality: listed as ‘Near Little Fish River, Somerset East’.
†Proteles transvaalensis Hendey, 1974. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 29(3): 35.
Type locality: Swartkrans.

FAMILY: VIVERRIDAE

Subfamily: Viverrinae

†Civettictis braini Fourvel, Reference Fourvel2018. C. R. Palevol. 17: 369.
Type locality: Kromdraai.
Genetta Cuvier, Reference Cuvier1817. Le Règne Animal distribué d’après son Organisation 1: 156.
Additional references: De Meneses Cabral (Reference De Meneses Cabral1966); Gaubert et al. (Reference Gaubert, Taylor, Fernandes, Bruford and Veron2005).
Genetta genetta Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 45. Common genet.
Additional references: Gaubert et al. (Reference Gaubert, Taylor, Fernandes, Bruford and Veron2005); Larivière and Calzada (Reference Larivière and Calzada2001).
Genetta maculata Gray, Reference Gray1830. Spicil. Zool. 2: 9. Rusty-spotted genet.
Additional references: Crawford-Cabral and Fernandes (Reference Crawford-Cabral, Fernandes, Denys, Granjon and Poulet2001); Gaubert et al. (Reference Gaubert, Tranier and Veron2003a, Reference Gaubert, Tranier and Veron2003b, Reference Gaubert, Taylor, Fernandes, Bruford and Veron2005); Grubb (Reference Grubb2004).
Genetta tigrina Schreber, 1776. Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen (3)17: pl. 114 [1776]; see also text, 3(25): 425 [1777]. Cape genet.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Gaubert et al. (Reference Gaubert, Taylor, Fernandes, Bruford and Veron2005); Grubb (Reference Grubb2004).
Comments: citation according to Wilson and Reeder (Reference Wilson and Reeder2005). Volume 3 was published in 1778 according to the version reproduced in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/135003#page/153/mode/1up) and Viverra tigrina is listed on p. 587. Plate 114 appears in an undated volume containing plates 81–165 (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97341#page/147/mode/1up).

Suborder: Caniformia

FAMILY: CANIDAE

Subfamily: Caninae

Canis Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 38.
Additional references: Werdelin and Peigné (Reference Werdelin, Peigné, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
Canis adustus Sundevall, Reference Sundevall1846. Ofv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. 3: 121. Side-striped jackal.
Type locality: ‘Magaliesberg’.
†Canis antiquus Broom, 1937. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 10, 20: 511.
Synonyms: Thos.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1939c); Ewer (Reference Ewer1956b).
†Canis atrox Broom, 1948. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 21: 19.
Type locality: Kromdraai.
Canis mesomelas Schreber, Reference Schreber1775. Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen 2(14): pl. 95 [1775]; text 3(21): 370 [1776], 586 [1777]. Black-backed jackal.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Comments: citation according to Wilson and Reeder (Reference Wilson and Reeder2005). Volume 3 was published in 1778 according to the version reproduced in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/135003#page/98/mode/1up) and Canis mesomelas is listed on p. 586. Plate 95 appears in an undated volume containing plates 81–165 (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97341#page/57/mode/1up).
Lycaon Brookes, Reference Brookes, Griffiths, Hamilton Smith and Pidgeon1827. In Griffiths et al., The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier 5: 151.
Additional references: Brookes (Reference Brookes1828).
Comments: Griffiths et al. attribute this identification to Brookes, whose name they spell Brooks. There appears to be no formal description by Brookes himself.
Lycaon pictus Temminck, Reference Temminck1820. Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. 3: p. 46, pl. 35. African wild dog.
Type locality: ‘á la côte de Mosambique’.
†Lycaon sekowei Hartstone-Rose, Werdelin, De Ruiter, Berger and Churchill, Reference Hartstone-Rose, Werdelin, De Ruiter, Berger and Churchill2010. J. Paleontol. 84(2): 301.
Type locality: Cooper’s.
†Nyctereutes terblanchei Broom, 1948. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 21(1): 21.
Synonyms: Canis; Thos.
Type locality: Kromdraai.
Additional references: Ficcarelli et al. (Reference Ficcarelli, Torre and Turner1984); Reynolds (Reference Reynolds2012).
Otocyon megalotis Desmarest, Reference Desmarest1822. Mammalogie ou descriptions des espèces de mammifères, Part 2 (suppl.): 538. Bat-eared fox.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Clark (Reference Clark2005).
†Otocyon recki Pohle, Reference Pohle and Reck1928. Wiss. Ergebnisse Oldoway-Exped, 1913 (N.F.): 45–54
Vulpes chama Smith, Reference Smith1833. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 1: 89. Cape fox.
Type locality: fixed as ‘Port Nolloth’.
†Vulpes pulcher Broom, 1939. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 19: 336.
Type locality: Kromdraai.
Additional references: Ewer (Reference Ewer1956b).
†Vulpes skinneri Hartstone-Rose, Kuhn, Nalla, Werdelin and Berger (Reference Hartstone-Rose, Kuhn, Nalla and Werdelin2013). Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 68(1): 3.
Type locality: Malapa.

FAMILY: MUSTELIDAE

Subfamily: Lutrinae

Aonyx Lesson, Reference Lesson1827. Manuel de Mammalogie ou l’Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères: 147.
Additional references: Werdelin and Peigné (Reference Werdelin, Peigné, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
Aonyx capensis Schinz, 1821. In: Cuvier, Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere 1: 211. African clawless otter.
Synonyms: robustus.
Type locality: (former) Cape Province.
Additional references: Brink (Reference Brink1987); Dreyer and Lyle (Reference Dreyer and Lyle1931); Ewer (Reference Ewer1958c); Larivière (Reference Larivière2001a).

Subfamily: Mellivorinae

Mellivora capensis Schreber, 1776. Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen 3(18): pl. 125 [1776], see also text 3(26): 450 [1777]. Honey badger.
Synonyms: sivalensis.
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: O’Regan et al. (Reference O’Regan, Cohen and Steininger2013).
Comments: citation according to Wilson and Reeder (Reference Wilson and Reeder2005). Volume 3 was published in 1778 according to the version reproduced in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/135003#page/178/mode/1up) and Viverra capensis is listed on p. 588. Plate 125 appears in an undated volume containing plates 81–165 (www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97341#page/191/mode/1up).

Subfamily: Mustelinae

Ictonyx striatus Perry, Reference Perry1811. Arcana, or, the Museum of Natural History: Containing the Most Recent Discovered Objects, Signature Y: Fig. 41 [1810]. Striped polecat.
Type locality: fixed as ‘Cape of Good Hope’.
Additional references: Larivière (Reference Larivière2002); Roberts (Reference Roberts1932).
Poecilogale albinucha Gray, Reference Gray1864. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1864: 69, pl. X. African striped weasel.
Synonyms: Ictonyx.
Type locality: fixed as ‘Cape Colony’.
Additional references: Larivière (Reference Larivière2001b); Roberts (Reference Roberts1931); Thomas (Reference Thomas1883).
†Prepoecilogale bolti Cooke, Reference Cooke1985. S. Afr. J. Sci. 81: 618–619.
Synonyms: Ictonyx; Propoecilogale.
Type locality: Bolt’s Farm.
Additional references: O’Regan et al. (Reference O’Regan, Cohen and Steininger2013); Petter (Reference Petter, Leakey and Harris1987).

ORDER: PERISSODACTYLA

FAMILY: EQUIDAE

Equus Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 73.
Additional references: Eisenmann and Baylac (Reference Eisenmann and Baylac2000); Thackeray (Reference Thackeray2010); Wells (Reference Wells1959a).
Comments: Brink (Reference Brink1994) assigned some equid material from Florisbad and Vlakkraal Thermal Springs to the subgenus Equus (Asinus).
Equus burchellii Gray, Reference Gray1824. Zool. J. 1: 247. Burchell’s zebra.
Synonyms: lylei; platyconus; simplicissimus.
Type locality: now identified as Little Klibbolikhonni Fontein.
Additional references: Churcher (Reference Churcher1970); Churcher and Watson (Reference Churcher, Watson and Brain1993); Grubb (Reference Grubb1981); Mendrez (Reference Mendrez1966); Reynolds and Bishop (Reference Reynolds, Bishop and Mashkour2006); Van Hoepen (Reference Van Hoepen1930a).
†Equus capensis Broom, 1909. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 7: 281.
Synonyms: Kolpohippus; cawoodi; fowleri?; gigas?; harrisi; helmei; kuhni; plicatus; poweri; zietsmani.
Type locality: Ysterplaat.
Additional references: Bernor et al. (Reference Bernor, Armour-Chelu, Gilbert, Kaiser, Schulz, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Broom (Reference Broom1913b); Churcher (Reference Churcher1970, Reference Churcher2000, Reference Churcher2006); Churcher and Watson (Reference Churcher, Watson and Brain1993); Eisenmann (Reference Eisenmann2000); Haughton (Reference Haughton1932a); Orlando et al. (Reference Orlando, Metcalf and Alberdi2009); Van Hoepen (Reference Van Hoepen1930a); Wells (Reference Wells1940).
†Equus quagga Boddaert, Reference Boddaert1785. Elenchus Animalium 1: 160. Quagga.
Type locality: locality of paralectotype now identified as Seekoei River.
Additional references: Bernor et al. (Reference Bernor, Armour-Chelu, Gilbert, Kaiser, Schulz, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Churcher (Reference Churcher1970); Eisenmann and Brink (Reference Eisenmann and Brink2000); Haughton (Reference Haughton1932a); Klein and Cruz-Uribe (Reference Klein and Cruz-Uribe1999); Lundholm (Reference Lundholm1951).
†Equus sandwithi Haughton, 1932. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 28: 419.
Type locality: Usakos.
Equus zebra Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 74. Mountain zebra.
Synonyms: Hippotigris.
Type locality: since restricted to Perdekop.
Additional references: Bernor et al. (Reference Bernor, Armour-Chelu, Gilbert, Kaiser, Schulz, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Fraas (Reference Fraas1907); Hooijer (Reference Hooijer1945); Lundholm (Reference Lundholm1952); Penzhorn (Reference Penzhorn1988).
†Eurygnathohippus Van Hoepen, Reference Van Hoepen1930. Paleontol. Nav. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein 2(2): 23.
Synonyms: Hipparion; Stylohipparion.
Additional references: Boné and Singer (Reference Boné and Singer1965); Hooijer (Reference Hooijer1975, Reference Hooijer1976).
†Eurygnathohippus cornelianus Van Hoepen, Reference Van Hoepen1930. Paleontol. Nav. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein 2(2): 23.
Synonyms: Hipparion; Stylohipparion; hipkini; libycum; sitifense in part?; steytleri.
Type locality: Cornelia.
Additional references: Bernor et al. (Reference Bernor, Armour-Chelu, Gilbert, Kaiser, Schulz, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Churcher (Reference Churcher1970, Reference Churcher2000); Churcher and Watson (Reference Churcher, Watson and Brain1993); Franz-Odendaal et al. (Reference Franz-Odendaal, Kaiser and Bernor2003); Pomel (Reference Pomel1897); Van Hoepen (Reference Van Hoepen1932a).
Comments: the material from Hondeklip Bay was doubtfully ascribed by Pickford and Senut (Reference Pickford and Senut1997) to Hipparion sitifense, which Bernor et al. (Reference Bernor, Armour-Chelu, Gilbert, Kaiser, Schulz, Werdelin and Sanders2010) consider a nomen dubium. See also the comment under Hipparion below.
†Eurygnathohippus hooijeri Bernor and Kaiser, Reference Bernor and Kaiser2006. Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst. 103: 148.
Synonyms: Hipparion baardi cf.
Type locality: Langebaanweg.
Additional references: Bernor et al. (Reference Bernor, Armour-Chelu, Gilbert, Kaiser, Schulz, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Franz-Odendaal et al. (Reference Franz-Odendaal, Kaiser and Bernor2003); Hooijer (Reference Hooijer1976); Pickford and Senut (Reference Pickford and Senut1997).

FAMILY: RHINOCEROTIDAE

Subfamily: Rhinocerotinae

Ceratotherium simum Burchell, Reference Burchell1817. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817–1819: 97. White rhinoceros.
Synonyms: Diceros; Rhinoceros; simus.
Type locality: since identified as Chue Spring = Heuningvlei.
Additional references: Geraads (Reference Geraads, Werdelin and Sanders2010a); Gray (Reference Gray1867); Groves (Reference Groves1972); Hooijer (Reference Hooijer1959, Reference Hooijer1973); Hooijer and Singer (Reference Hooijer and Singer1960); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 56. Black rhinoceros.
Synonyms: Opsiceros simplicidens.
Type locality: now identified as Cape of Good Hope.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1867); Hillman-Smith and Groves (Reference Hillman-Smith and Groves1994); Hooijer (Reference Hooijer1959, Reference Hooijer1973); Hooijer and Singer (Reference Hooijer and Singer1960); Scott (Reference Scott1907).

ORDER: ARTIODACTYLA

FAMILY: SUIDAE

Subfamily: Suinae

†Kolpochoerus heseloni Leakey, Reference Leakey1943. J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 17: 55.
Synonyms: Mesochoerus.
Additional references: Bender (Reference Bender1992); Bishop (Reference Bishop, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Cooke (Reference Cooke1997); Keen and Singer (Reference Keen and Singer1956); Pickford (Reference Pickford2012).
†Kolpochoerus paiceae Broom, Reference Broom1931. Rec. Albany Mus. 4: 168.
Synonyms: Notochoerus.
Type locality: Windsorton.
Additional references: Hendey and Cooke (Reference Hendey and Cooke1985); Pickford (Reference Pickford2012).
†Mesochoerus lategani Singer and Keen, Reference Singer and Keen1955. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 42: 170.
Type locality: Elandsfontein.
†Metridiochoerus Hopwood, Reference Hopwood1926. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 9, 18: 266–272.
Additional references: Cooke (Reference Cooke2005).
†Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood, Reference Hopwood1926. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 9, 18: 266–272.
Synonyms: Notochoerus; Tapinochoerus; capensis; meadowsi.
Additional references: Bender (Reference Bender1990); Bishop (Reference Bishop, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Broom (Reference Broom1948a); Cooke (Reference Cooke1993a); Ewer (Reference Ewer1956b); Harris and White (Reference Harris and White1979); Herries et al. (Reference Herries, Adams, Kuykendall and Shaw2006); Hopwood (Reference Hopwood1926); Keen and Singer (Reference Keen and Singer1956); Pickford (Reference Pickford2012, Reference Pickford2013a, Reference Pickford2013b); Shaw (Reference Shaw1938).
†Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen, Reference Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen1932. Paleontol. Nav. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein 2(4): 53.
Synonyms: Phacochoerus; Stylochoerus.
Type locality: Cornelia.
Additional references: Bishop (Reference Bishop, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Harris and White (Reference Harris and White1979); Hopwood (Reference Hopwood1926).
†Metridiochoerus modestus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen, Reference Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen1932. Paleontol. Nav. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein 2(4): 58.
Synonyms: Tapinochoerus.
Type locality: Cornelia.
Additional references: Bishop (Reference Bishop, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Cooke (Reference Cooke1993a, Reference Cooke1994); Harris and White (Reference Harris and White1979); Hopwood (Reference Hopwood1926).
Phacochoerus Cuvier, Reference Cuvier1826. Dict. Sci. Nat. 39: 383.
Comments: the Holocene material is likely to be P. africanus since this is the only species currently recognised in the sub-region.
Phacochoerus africanus Gmelin, Reference Gmelin1788. In Linnaeus, C. Systema Naturae, 13th edition, 1: 220. Common warthog.
Synonyms: aethiopicus; dreyeri?; helmei; laticolumnatus; venteri.
Additional references: Cooke (Reference Cooke1949b); Ewer (Reference Ewer1956b, Reference Ewer1957b); Grubb and d’Huart (Reference Grubb and d’Huart2010); Pia (Reference Pia1930).
†Phacochoerus altidens Shaw and Cooke, Reference Shaw and Cooke1940. Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 28(4): 296.
Type locality: Pneil.
†Phacochoerus antiquus Broom, 1948. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 21: 31.
Type locality: Sterkfontein.
Additional references: Harris and White (Reference Harris and White1979).
†Potamochoeroides hypsodon Dale, Reference Dale1948. S. Afr. Sci. 2(5): 116.
Synonyms: Metridiochoerus; Pronotochoerus; shawi.
Additional references: Cooke (Reference Cooke1993a, Reference Cooke2005); Ewer (Reference Ewer1956b, Reference Ewer1958d); Pickford (Reference Pickford2013a); Pickford and Gommery (Reference Pickford and Gommery2016).
Potamochoerus larvatus Cuvier, Reference Cuvier1822. Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8: 447. Bush-pig.
Synonyms: Koiropotamus; porcus.
Additional references: Grubb (Reference Grubb2004); Hopwood (Reference Hopwood1934); Leakey (Reference Leakey1942).

Subfamily: †Tetraconodontinae

†Notochoerus capensis Broom, Reference Broom1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3(4): 308.
Synonyms: scotti.
Type locality: Longlands.
Additional references: Harris and White (Reference Harris and White1979); Shaw (Reference Shaw1938).

FAMILY: HIPPOPOTAMIDAE

Hippopotamus Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 74.
Additional references: Boisserie (Reference Boisserie2005).
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 74. Common hippopotamus.
Synonyms: capensis; poderosus.
Additional references: Fraas (Reference Fraas1907); Hooijer and Singer (Reference Hooijer and Singer1961); Scott (Reference Scott1907); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
†Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich, Reference Dietrich1926. Forsch. und Fortsch. 2: 121.
Additional references: Dietrich (Reference Dietrich and Reck1928); Hooijer (Reference Hooijer1958); Weston and Boisserie (Reference Weston, Boisserie, Werdelin and Sanders2010).

FAMILY: GIRAFFIDAE

Subfamily: Giraffinae

Giraffa Brisson, Reference Brisson1762. Regnum animale in classes IX. Distributum, sive Synopsis Methodica, 2nd edition: 12, 37
Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 66. Giraffe.
Additional references: Dagg (Reference Dagg1971); Harris et al. (Reference Harris, Solounias, Geraads, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Singer and Boné (Reference Singer and Boné1960).
Comments: Cooke (Reference Cooke1955) lists this taxon from Bloembosch (3318), but R.G. Klein (personal communication, 2016) is of the opinion that the specimen is probably referable to Giraffa stillei, which occurs at Langebaanweg. Recently, Helm et al. (Reference Helm, Cawthra and Cowling2018) have reported giraffe tracks from near Still Bay (3421), but this occurrence has not been plotted, pending the collection of physical remains of this taxon.

Subfamily: Sivatheriinae

†Sivatherium maurisium Pomel, Reference Pomel1892. C.R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. Paris 114: 100.
Synonyms: Griquatherium, Libytherium; cingulatum.
Additional references: Churcher (Reference Churcher1974); Haughton (Reference Haughton1921); Harris et al. (Reference Harris, Solounias, Geraads, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Singer and Boné (Reference Singer and Boné1960).

FAMILY: BOVIDAE

Subfamily: Aepycerotinae

†Aepyceros helmoedi Van Hoepen, 1932. Palentol. Nav. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein 2(5): 65.
Synonyms: Gazella.
Type locality: Cornelia.
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein, Reference Lichtenstein1812. Reisen im südlichen Africa in en Jahren 1803, 1804, 1805 und 1806 2: pl. 4 opp. p. 544. Impala.
Type locality: now identified as Khosis.
Additional references: Reynolds (Reference Reynolds2010a).

Subfamily: Alcelaphinae

Alcelaphus De Blainville, Reference De Blainville1816. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 75.
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas, Reference Pallas1766. P.S. Pallas Medecinae Doctoris Miscellanea Zoologica: 7. Hartebeest.
Alcelaphus caama Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Reference Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire1803. Catalogue des Mammifères du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle: 269. Red hartebeest.
Synonyms: Antilope; Bubalus; bubalis; buselaphus caama.
Type locality: since restricted to syntype locality Steynsburg.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b); Grubb (Reference Grubb2004); Hoffman (Reference Hoffman1953); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
†Alcelaphus robustus Cooke, 1949. Mem. Geol. Surv. S. Afr. 35: 20.
Type locality: Larsen’s Main Workings.
Comments: see Parmularius braini below.
Beatragus Heller, 1912. Smithson. Misc. Coll. 60(8): 8.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Vrba (Reference Vrba1974b, Reference Vrba1997).
Connochaetes Lichtenstein, Reference Lichtenstein1812. Mag. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin 6: 152.
Synonyms: Gorgon.
†Connochaetes antiquus Broom, 1913. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 12: 14.
Type locality: Florisbad (Hagenstad).
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann, 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen und der Allgemein Verbreiteten Vierfüssigen Thiere 2: 102. Black wildebeest.
Synonyms: laticornutus.
Type locality: since selected as Agterbruintjieshoogte.
Additional references: Brink (Reference Brink1993, Reference Brink2005); Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b); Von Richter (Reference Von Richter1974).
Comments: Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010) proposes that Connochaetes laticornutus should be retained as a distinct species.
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell, Reference Burchell1824. Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa 2: 278 (footnote). Blue wildebeest.
Synonyms: Catoblepas.
Type locality: Apparently ‘Kosi Fountain’, but lectotype came from ‘Chue Spring, Maadji Mtn [Klein Heuningvlei]’.
Additional references: Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Damaliscus Sclater and Thomas, Reference Sclater and Thomas1894. The Book of Antelopes 1: 51.
Additional references: Fraas (Reference Fraas1907).
Damaliscus lunatus Burchell, Reference Burchell1824. Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa 2: 334. Common tsessebe.
Synonyms: Acronotus; Bubalus.
Type locality: ‘Makkwarin’ (Matlhwareng) River.
Additional references: Cotterill (Reference Cotterill2003); Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b); Groves and Grubb (Reference Groves and Grubb2011); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
†Damaliscus niro Hopwood, Reference Hopwood1936. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 10, 17: 640.
Synonyms: Hippotragus.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry1965); Thackeray and Brink (Reference Thackeray and Brink2004).
Damaliscus pygargus Pallas, Reference Pallas1767. Spicil. Zool. 1: 10. Bontebok.
Synonyms: albifrons; dorcas phillipsi; dorcas; ‘hipkini’.
Type locality: since restricted to Swart River.
Additional references: Faith et al. (Reference Faith, Potts and Plummer2012); Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b); Groves and Grubb (Reference Groves and Grubb2011); Grubb (Reference Grubb2004); Vrba (Reference Vrba1997).
Comments: according to Vrba (Reference Vrba1997), Wells intended to name Damaliscus ‘hipkini’, but never did. Groves and Grubb (Reference Groves and Grubb2011) propose that Damaliscus phillipsi (blesbok) be a full species separate from D. pygargus (bontebok).
†Megalotragus Van Hoepen, 1932. Paleontol. Nav. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein 2(5): 63.
†Megalotragus priscus Broom, 1909. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 7: 279.
Synonyms: Bubalis; Connochaetes; Lunatoceras; Peleoroceras; broomi; elegans; eucornutus; grandis; helmei; kattwinkeli; mirum.
Type locality: Modder River.
Additional references: Brink et al. (Reference Brink, Bousman and Grün2015a); Gentry et al. (Reference Gentry, Gentry and Mayr1995); Hoffman (Reference Hoffman1953); Seeley (Reference Seeley1891); Van Hoepen (Reference Van Hoepen1932b, Reference Van Hoepen1947); Wells (Reference Wells1959b, Reference Wells1964).
†Parmularius Hopwood, Reference Hopwood1934. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 10, 14: 550.
†Parmularius parvus Vrba, Reference Vrba1978. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 31(3): 23.
Type locality: Kromdraai.

Subfamily: Antilopinae

Antidorcas Sundevall, Reference Sundevall1845. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1845: 271.
†Antidorcas australis Hendey and Hendey, Reference Hendey and Hendey1968. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 52(2): 56.
Synonyms: marsupialis australis.
Type locality: Swartklp.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Peters and Brink (Reference Peters and Brink1992); Vrba (Reference Vrba1973).
†Antidorcas bondi Cooke and Wells, Reference Cooke and Wells1951. S. Afr. J. Sci. 47: 207.
Synonyms: Gazella.
Type locality: Chelmer.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Plug and Peters (Reference Plug and Peters1991); Vrba (Reference Vrba1973).
Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmermann, 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen und der Allgemein Verbreiteten Vierfüssigen Thiere 2: 427. Springbok
Type locality: since restricted to ‘Cape Colony [Cape Province]’.
Additional references: Cain et al. (Reference Cain, Krausman and Germaine2004); Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b); Plug and Peters (Reference Plug and Peters1991); Vrba, (Reference Vrba1970).
†Antidorcas recki Schwarz, Reference Schwarz1932. Zentr. Mineral., Geol. Paläontol. B 1932: 1.
Synonyms: Gazella; wellsi.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
Gazella De Blainville, Reference De Blainville1816. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 75.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
†Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg, Reference Arambourg and Arambourg1947. Mission Scient. Omo 1. Géol. Anthrop. 3: 237.
†Gazella vanhoepeni Wells and Cooke, Reference Wells and Cooke1957. Palaeontol. Afr. 4: 43.
Synonyms: gracilior?.
Type locality: Limeworks Makapansgat.
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann, Reference Zimmermann1783. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen und der Allgemein Verbreiteten Vierfüssigen Thiere 3: 269. Klipspringer.
Synonyms: Palaeotragiscus longiceps; major.
Type locality: now known to be False Bay.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1934); Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b); Watson and Plug (Reference Watson and Plug1995); Wells (Reference Wells1951).
Ourebia Laurillard, Reference Laurillard and d’Orbigny1842. In: d’Orbigny, Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire Naturelle 1: 622.
Type locality: none given.
Ourebia ourebi Zimmermann, Reference Zimmermann1783. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen und der Allgemein Verbreiteten Vierfüssigen Thiere 3: 268. Oribi.
Type locality: since restricted to Bruintjieshoogte.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1850a Reference Gray1850b).
Raphicerus Smith, Reference Smith1827. In: Griffith et al., The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier 5: 342.
Additional references: Klein (Reference Klein1976c).
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg, Reference Thunberg1811. Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg 3: 313. Steenbok.
Type locality: since selected as Malmesbury District.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1850a Reference Gray1850b).
Raphicerus melanotis Thunberg, Reference Thunberg1811. Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg 3: 312. Cape grysbok.
Type locality: since selected as Cape Peninsula.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b).
Raphicerus sharpei Thomas, Reference Thomas1896. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1896: 795, pl. 34. Sharpe’s grysbok.
Synonyms: melanotis sharpei

Subfamily: Bovinae

†’Bos’ makapani Broom, 1937. S. Afr. J. Sci. 33: 510.
Type locality: Buffalo Cave.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
†Miotragoceros acrae Gentry, Reference Gentry1974. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 65(5): 146.
Synonyms: Mesembriportax; Tragoportax.
Type locality: Langebaanweg.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry1980, Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
†Simatherium kohllarseni Dietrich, Reference Dietrich1942. Palaeontographica A 94: 43–133.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
Syncerus Hodgson, Reference Hodgson1847. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Series 2, 16: 709.
Synonyms: Bos; Bubalis; Pelorovis.
Additional references: Martínez-Navarro et al. (Reference Martínez-Navarro, Pérez-Claros, Palombo, Rook and Palmqvist2007).
†Syncerus antiquus Duvernoy, Reference Duvernoy1851. C. R. Hebdom. Scé. Acad. Sci. Paris 33: 597.
Synonyms: Bubalis; Homoioceras; Pelorovis; Syncerus; baini.
Additional references: Bate (Reference Bate1949); Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Geraads (Reference Geraads1992); Klein (Reference Klein1994a); Martínez-Navarro et al. (Reference Martínez-Navarro, Pérez-Claros, Palombo, Rook and Palmqvist2007); Pomel (Reference Pomel1893); Reck (Reference Reck1928).
Syncerus caffer Sparrman, Reference Sparrman1779. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. 40: 79. African buffalo.
Synonyms: Bubalis; andersoni.
Type locality: now restricted to Sundays River.
Additional references: Geraads (Reference Geraads1992); Scott (Reference Scott1907).
Taurotragus oryx Pallas, Reference Pallas1766. P.S. Pallas Medecinae Doctoris Miscellanea Zoologica: 9. Common eland.
Synonyms: Antilope; Boselaphus; Tragelaphus; oreas.
Type locality: restricted to near Cape Town.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b); Pappas (Reference Pappas2002); Smith (Reference Smith1849); Willows-Munro et al. (Reference Willows-Munro, Robinson and Matthee2005).
Tragelaphus De Blainville, Reference De Blainville1816. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 75.
Tragelaphus angasii Angas, Reference Angas1848. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1848: 89. Nyala.
Type locality: ‘Hills that border: upon the northern shores of St Lucia Bay’.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b); Grubb (Reference Grubb2004); Willows-Munro et al. (Reference Willows-Munro, Robinson and Matthee2005).
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas, Reference Pallas1766. P.S. Pallas Medecinae Doctoris Miscellanea Zoologica: 8. Bushbuck.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b); Willows-Munro et al. (Reference Willows-Munro, Robinson and Matthee2005).
Tragelaphus spekeii Speke, Reference Speke1863. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile: 223 (footnote). Sitatunga.
Additional references: Grubb (Reference Grubb2004); Willows-Munro et al. (Reference Willows-Munro, Robinson and Matthee2005).
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas, Reference Pallas1766. P.S. Pallas Medecinae Doctoris Miscellanea Zoologica: 9. Greater kudu.
Synonyms: Damalis; Strepsiceros; capensis.
Type locality: restricted to eastern part of western Cape Province.
Additional references: Smith (Reference Smith1849); Willows-Munro et al. (Reference Willows-Munro, Robinson and Matthee2005).

Subfamily: Caprinae

†‘Makapania’ Wells and Cooke, Reference Wells and Cooke1957. Palaeontol. Afr. 4: 26.
Type locality: Limeworks Makapansgat.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry1970).
†’Makapania’ broomi Wells and Cooke, Reference Wells and Cooke1957. Palaeontol. Afr. 4: 26.
Synonyms: Bos; Hippotragus; Hippotragoides; makapaani.
Type locality: Limeworks Makapansgat.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry1970, Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
†Numidocapra arambourgi Ennouchi, Reference Ennouchi1953. C.R. Somm. Séanc. Soc. Geol. Fr., Paris, 8: 126.
Synonyms: Rabaticeras.
Additional references: Arambourg (Reference Arambourg1949).
Comments: Ennouchi (Reference Ennouchi1953) not seen.
†Numidocapra porrocornutus Vrba, Reference Vrba1971. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 27(5): 59.
Synonyms: Damaliscus; Rabaticeras.
Type locality: Swartkrans.
Additional references: Laubscher et al. (Reference Laubscher, Steffens and Vrba1972); Vrba (Reference Vrba1974b).

Subfamily: Cephalophinae

Cephalophus Smith, Reference Smith1827. In: Griffith et al., The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier 5: 344.
Comments: material only identified to genus level has not been mapped because this could include specimens assignable to Philantomba as currently understood.
Cephalophus natalensis Smith, Reference Smith1834. S. Afr. Quart. J., Series 2, 2: 217. Red duiker.
Type locality: ‘Port Natal’ = Durban.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Philantomba monticola Thunberg, Reference Thunberg1789. Resa uti Europa Africa, Asia, forrattad aren 1770–1779 2: 66. Blue duiker.
Synonyms: Cephalophus; bicolor; caeruleus.
Type locality: since identified as Langkloof.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b, Reference Gray1862a, Reference Gray1862b); Jansen van Vuuren (Reference Jansen van Vuuren1999).
Sylvicapra Ogilby, Reference Ogilby1836. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1836: 138.
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 70. Bush duiker.
Type locality: now known to be Cape Town.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b).

Subfamily: Hippotraginae

Hippotragus Sundevall, Reference Sundevall1845. Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Förhand. 1845: 31.
Additional references: Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2003); Grubb (Reference Grubb2004).
†Hippotragus cookei Vrba, Reference Vrba1987. Palaeontol. Afr. 26(5): 49.
Type locality: Limeworks Makapansgat.
Hippotragus equinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Reference Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire1803. Catalogue des Mammifères du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle: 259. Roan antelope.
Synonyms: Aigoceros; Antilope; osanne.
Type locality: now thought to be Plettenberg Bay.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b); Grubb (Reference Grubb2004); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
†Hippotragus gigas Leakey, Reference Leakey1965. Olduvai Gorge 1: 49.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010).
†Hippotragus leucophaeus Pallas, Reference Pallas1766. P.S. Pallas Medecinae Doctoris Miscellanea Zoologica: 4. Blaaubok, blue antelope.
Synonyms: problematicus.
Type locality: since restricted to Swellendam Dist.
Additional references: Broom (Reference Broom1949b); Cooke (Reference Cooke1947); Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Klein (Reference Klein1974a).
Hippotragus niger Harris, Reference Harris1838. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1838: 2. Sable antelope.
Synonyms: harrisi.
Type locality: since specified as Magaliesberg near Krugersdorp and Rustenburg.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1850a Reference Gray1850b); Harris (Reference Harris1838a).
Oryx De Blainville, Reference De Blainville1816. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 75.
Type locality: understood to be South Africa.
Comments: this material is likely to be O. gazella since only one species has so far been recognised in the sub-region.
Oryx gazella Linnaeus, Reference Linnaeus1758. Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, 10th edition, 1: 69. Gemsbok.
Type locality: understood to be South Africa.
Additional references: Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b).

Subfamily: Reduncinae

Kobus Smith, 1840. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa, Part 12: pl. 28 plus text.
Synonyms: Aigoceros; Onotragus.
Additional references: Birungi and Arctander (Reference Birungi and Arctander2001).
†‘Kobus’ altidens Cooke, 1949. Mem. Geol. Surv. 35(3): 29.
Type locality: Keeble’s Paddock.
Comments: according to Wells (Reference Wells1965), this taxon is a ‘myth’, being a bovine not a reduncine, although he did not reassign the specimen.
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby, Reference Ogilby1833. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1833: 47. Waterbuck.
Synonyms: Aigoceros.
Type locality: since restricted to Gaborone.
Additional references: Birungi and Arctander (Reference Birungi and Arctander2001); Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b); Smith (Reference Smith1849).
Kobus leche Gray, 1850. Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall 2: 23. Lechwe.
Synonyms: Onotragus; venterae.
Type locality: since identified as Botletle River, near Lake Ngami.
Additional references: Birungi and Arctander (Reference Birungi and Arctander2001).
Pelea capreolus Forster, Reference Forster1790. Le Vaillant’s Reise in das Innere von Afrika 1: 71. Vaal rhebok.
Type locality: now specified as Houhoek Pass.
Additional references: Birungi and Arctander (Reference Birungi and Arctander2001); Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b).
Redunca Smith, Reference Smith1827. In: Griffith et al., The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier 5: 337.
Redunca arundinum Boddaert, Reference Boddaert1785. Elenchus Animalium 1: 141. Southern reedbuck.
Type locality: since selected as Bethulie.
Additional references: Gentry (Reference Gentry, Werdelin and Sanders2010); Gray (Reference Gray1850a, Reference Gray1850b).
†Redunca darti Wells and Cooke, Reference Wells and Cooke1957. Palaeontol. Afr. 4: 17.
Type locality: Limeworks Makapansgat.
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius, Reference Afzelius1815. Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Sci. Upsala 7: 250. Mountain reedbuck.
Synonyms: Cervicapra.
Type locality: restricted to eastern North Cape Province.

5.2 Pleistocene Sites

So far, 201 sites have yielded Pleistocene material, ranging from individual specimens to the major collections. The latter include the Early Pleistocene sites in the Cradle of Humankind and Later Pleistocene ones such as Border Cave, Elandsfontein, Florisbad, Klasies River and Wonderwerk. During this epoch, sites, especially the later ones, increasingly constitute former human habitations. Although the distribution of sites is much broader than it was previously, there remains a large area from which evidence is not yet forthcoming (Figure 5.1). The gap may be real, arising, for instance, from a lack of suitable sites for bone preservation and/or human habitation, or may simply result from a lack of attention to the region by workers.

Figure 5.1 Location of Pleistocene sites.

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Figure 5.1 Location of Pleistocene sites.

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