Funisciurus leucogenys (Waterhouse, 1842) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10: 202.

TYPE LOCALITY: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko "... brought from Fernando Po " .

DISTRIBUTION: Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Rio Muni, Bioko.

SYNONYMS: auriculatus (Matschie, 1891); beatus (Thomas, 1910); boydi (Thomas, 1910); erythrogenys (Waterhouse, 1843); olivine (Dollman, 1911).

COMMENTS: Waterhouse (1842 (1843]) renamed this species erythrogenys, "red-cheeked" in an attempt to replace the inappropriate name leucogenys, "white-cheeked". This is an unjustified emendation.