Arctocebus aureus de Winton, 1902 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 9:48.

TYPE LOCALITY: Equatorial Guinea, 50 miles up Benito River .

DISTRIBUTION: C Africa, S of Sanaga River, W and N of Zaire /Oubungui River system.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: ruficeps .

COMMENTS: Formerly classified as a subspecies of Arctocebus calabarensis, but as a full species by Maier (1980:567) and Groves (1989:100-101).