Uranomys ruddi Dollman, 1909 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4:552.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya, Mt Elgon, Kirui, 6000 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, N Nigeria, N Camaroon, NE Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, C Mozambique, Malawi, and SE Zimbabwe; limits unknown; a savanna species.

SYNONYMS: acomyoides, foxi, oweni, shortridgei, tenebrosus, ugandae, woodi.

COMMENTS: Chromosomal data was presented by Viegas-Pequignot et al. (1983) in context of chromosomal phylogeny of selected murines; protein electrophoretic data analysed by Iskandar and Bonhomme (1984). More than one species may be represented among samples. Specimens of shortridgei, for example, are darker than the others and have much larger molars. The significance of geographic variation in fur color and craniodental traits has to be assessed in a systematic revision of the genus.