Lemniscomys striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:62.

TYPE LOCALITY: " India " (probably = West Africa) .

DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Leone to N. Tanzania; W. Sudan; Ethiopia; Kenya; Uganda; Zaire; N.W. Angola; Zambia; Malawi.

COMMENT: Includes lynesi; see Misonne, 1974, Part 6: 20. L. fasciatus is a synonym; see Van der Straeten, 1975, Unpubl. Ph.D. Dissertation, Antwerp. Formerly included mittendorfi; see Van der Straeten and Verheyen, 1980, Mammalia, 44:73. Type locality clarified by Thomas, 1911, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911:120- 158.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011028005001 as L. striatus .

5301410011028003001 as L. lynesi .