Steatomys krebsii Peters, 1852 . Reise nach Mossambique, Säugethiere, p. 165.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Kaffraria .

DISTRIBUTION: S Angola, W Zambia, NE and SE Botswana, Caprivi Strip, and South Africa (W, N, E Cape Province, NW Natal, N Orange Free State, S and SW Transvaal); see map in Skinner and Smithers (1990).

SYNONYMS: angolensis, bensoni, bradleyi, chiversi, leucorhynchus, mariae, orangiae, pentonyx, transvaalensis .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Ansell (1978).