Praomys natalensis (A. Smith, 1834)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 504-560 : 544

Praomys natalensis (A. Smith, 1834) . S. Afr. J., 2: 156.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Port Natal (=Durban) .

DISTRIBUTION: W., E., and S. Africa.

COMMENT: Includes coucha, kulmei , and longicaudatus Noack, 1887 ; subgenus Mastomys ; see Misonne, 1974, Part 6: 24-25; also see comment under Mystromys albicaudatus (Cricetidae) . Corbet and Hill, 1980:177, and Swanepoel et al., 1980:160, considered this species an aggregate of at least two sibling species; also see Hallett, 1979, S. Afr. J. Sci., 75:413-415, Gordon, 1978, J. Zool. Lond., 186:397-401, Green et al., 1978, Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 27:627-629, and Lyons et al., 1977, Heredity, 38: 197-200.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011056013001 as P. natalensis .

5301410011056010001 as P. kulmei .

5301410011058059001 as Rattus longicaudatus .

5301410008023002001 as Mystromys longicaudatus .