Steatomys minutus Thomas and Wroughton, 1905 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 16: 174.

TYPE LOCALITY: Angola, Benguela Dist., Quillenges .

DISTRIBUTION: S. Angola; N. Namibia; Zambia.

COMMENT: Included in parvus by Coetzee, 1977, Part 6.8:2; considered a distinct species by Ansell, 1978:77, who included swalius as a subspecies. Swanepoel et al., 1980, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 32(7): 160, 175, followed Coetzee, 1977, Part 6.8.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008110007001 as S. minutus .

5301410008110010001 as S. swalius .