Thryonomys gregorianus (Thomas, 1894) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 13:202.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya, Kiroyo, Luiji Reru River (00°35'S, 37°05'E) .

DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, S Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique.

STATUS: Common.

SYNONYMS: camerunensis, harrisoni, logonensis, rutshuricus, sclateri.

COMMENTS: See Misonne (1974:7).