Otomys irroratus Brants, 1827 . Het. Gesl. Muiz., p. 94.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape Town Dist., Constantia .

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa to Kenya and Cameroun.

COMMENT: Includes tropicalis; see Delany, 1975, The Rodents of Uganda, Br. Mus. Nat. Hist., 764:1-165, who also included typus in this species. Misonne, 1974, Part 6:33, and Ansell, 1978:78, considered typus a distinct species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008111003001.