Uranomys ruddi Dollman, 1909

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 671

Uranomys ruddi Dollman, 1909 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4:552.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya, Mt Elgon, Kirui, 6000 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, N Nigeria, N Camaroon, NE Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, C Mozambique, Malawi, and SE Zimbabwe; limits unknown; a savanna species.

SYNONYMS: acomyoides , foxi , oweni , shortridgei , tenebrosus, ugandae , woodi.

COMMENTS: Chromosomal data was presented by Viegas-Pequignot et al. (1983) in context of chromosomal phylogeny of selected murines; protein electrophoretic data analysed by Iskandar and Bonhomme (1984). More than one species may be represented among samples. Specimens of shortridgei , for example, are darker than the others and have much larger molars. The significance of geographic variation in fur color and craniodental traits has to be assessed in a systematic revision of the genus.