Dendromus lovati de Winton, 1900 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1899:986 [1900].

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia, Managasha, near Addis Ababa .

DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to Ethiopian Plateau where it is recorded from 2500-3550 m (Rupp, 1980; Yalden et al., 1976).

COMMENTS: A grassland species differing from other members of Dendromus in its apparently strictly terrestrial habits (Yalden et al., 1976; Yalden, 1988).