Aethomys kaiseri (Noack, 1887) . Zool. Jahrb. Syst.,2:228.

TYPE LOCALITY: Zaire, Marungu .

DISTRIBUTION: SW Uganda, S Kenya, Rwanda, S and E Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and E Angola.

SYNONYMS: amalae, hintoni, manteufeli, pedester, turneri, vernayi, walambae .

COMMENTS: Significance of the morphological variation among samples from different regions needs to be assessed by a systematic revision.