Order Hyracoidea Author Duane A. Schlitter text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 373 374 book chapter 193476 10.5281/zenodo.7353081 2c6d276b-693d-4c91-867e-bdbc62f22a0d 1-56098-217-9 7353081 Dendrohyrax validus True, 1890 . Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 13:228 . TYPE LOCALITY: Tanzania (= Tanganyika), Mt. Kilimanjaro . DISTRIBUTION: E Tanzania (including Zanzibar and Pemba Isis); S Kenya ; Tumbatu Isl. STATUS: IUCN - Insufficiently known. SYNONYMS: adersi, neumanni, schusteri, terricola, validus , vosseleri. COMMENTS: Bothma (1971:1) questioned the distinctness of this species from arboreus .