Myomys fumatus (Peters, 1878) . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., p. 200.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya, Ukamba .

DISTRIBUTION: Africa; from EC Tanzania north through Kenya and N Uganda into Somalia, Ethiopia, and S Sudan; W and S limits unknown.

SYNONYMS: altisoni, brockmani, niveiventris, oweni, subfuscus, ulae .

COMMENTS: Kenya samples were discussed by Hollister (1919), the Uganda series by Delany (1975), and the Ethiopian segment by Yalden et al. (1976). Chromosomal and immunological information provided by Qumsiyeh et al. (1990).