Zelotomys hildegardeae (Thomas, 1902) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 9:219.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya (Kenya Colony), Machakos .

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Zambia, Malawi (Nyika Plateau), Tanzania, Kenya, W Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zaire, S Sudan, and Central African Republic.

SYNONYMS: instans, kuvelaiensis, lillyana, shortridgei, vinaceus.