Mus orangiae (Roberts, 1926) . Ann. Transvaal Mus., 11:251.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, N Orange Free State, Kruisementifontein, Viljoensdrift, near Vereeniging .

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa; Orange Free State (see map in Vermeiren and Verheyen, 1983).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Nannomys . Treated as a species possibly allied to M. setzeri by Vermeiren and Verheyen (1983), but listed as a subspecies of M. minutoides by Meester et al. (1986), an arrangement followed by Skinner and Smithers (1990).