Otomys angoniensis Wroughton, 1906 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 18:274.

TYPE LOCALITY: Malawi, Misuku Range, Matipa Forest, 7000 ft (as refined by Ansell and Dowsett, 1991) .

DISTRIBUTION: SE savannah and grasslands, from S Kenya to NE Cape Province, South Africa.

SYNONYMS: canescens, divinorum, elassodon, mashona, nyikae, pretoriae, rowleyi, sabiensis, tugelensis .

COMMENTS: Confused under O. irroratus by Bohmann (1952); morphological and karyotypic differences support their separate specific status (Davis, 1962; Matthey, 1964; Misonne, 1974). The form maximus (see account below) is viewed by some as a subspecies of O. angoniensis . See Bronner and Meester (1988, Mammalian Species, 306).