Dasymys sua W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, and E. Verheyen 2003

Dasymys sua W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, and E. Verheyen 2003, Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg., Biol., 73: 41.

Type Locality: E Tanzania, Mbete (06°52’S, 37°41’E, as per W. Verheyen et al., 2003:41), near Morogoro, on flanks of the Uluguru Range (Kitundu Forest), 1540 m.

Vernacular Names: Tanzanian Dasymys.

Distribution: Known only from upland plains in the Morogoro region of EC Tanzania, 400-1600 m (W. Verheyen et al., 2003).

Discussion: Member of the D. incomtus species complex. Defined by discriminant function analyses using craniometric traits as well as complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequences in comparison with samples of D. rufulus and the bentleyae portion of the D. incomtus species complex (W. Verheyen et al., 2003).