Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi Author Charles A. Woods text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 771 806 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353083 1-56098-217-9 7353083 Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters, 1852 . Reise nach Mossambique, Säugethiere, p.170 . TYPE LOCALITY: Mozambique , Querimba coast and Tette, about 10°30' to 12°S , 40°30'E , sea level . DISTRIBUTION: Mouth of the Congo River to Rwanda , Uganda , Kenya , W and S Tanzania , Mozambique , and South Africa . Sympatric with H. cristata . STATUS: Common. SYNONYMS: capensis , prittwitzi, stegmanni, zuluensis. COMMENTS: Subgenus Hystrix . Revised by Corbet and Jones (1965) ; see Van Weers (1983) .