Lemniscomys macculus Thomas and Wroughton 1910

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1342

Lemniscomys macculus Thomas and Wroughton 1910

Lemniscomys macculus Thomas and Wroughton 1910 , Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 19: 515.

Type Locality: Uganda, SE Ruwenzori, Mokia.

Vernacular Names: Buffoon Lemniscomys.

Synonyms: Lemniscomys akka ( Thomas 1915) .

Distribution: Recorded from Savannahs of NE Dem. Rep. Congo, S Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya; limits unknown.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Van der Straeten and Verheyen (1979 a). The species is often confused with L. striatus , but occurs sympatric with it in East Africa ( Hollister, 1919) and Ethiopia ( Yalden et al., 1996). Bulatova et al. (2002) recorded 2n = 56, FN = 60 for an Ethiopian sample. Considered very close to L. bellieri in morphological and molecular characters and possibly conspecific with it ( Ducroz et al., 2001; see account of L. bellieri ).