Mus setzeri Petter, 1978 . Mammalia, 42:377.

TYPE LOCALITY: Botswana, 82 km W of Mohembo (near Nambian border) .

DISTRIBUTION: NE Namibia, NW and S Botswana, and W Zambia (see map in Vermeiren and Verheyen, 1983).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Nannomys . A unique desert species reviewed by Vermeiren and Verheyen (1983) and Skinner and Smithers (1990).