Aethomys nyikae (Thomas, 1897)

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 : 506

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scientific name	Aethomys nyikae (Thomas, 1897)
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Aethomys nyikae (Thomas, 1897) View in CoL . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1897:431.

TYPE LOCALITY: Malawi, Nyika Plateau .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Zambia; Malawi; N.E. Angola; S. Zaire; E. Zimbabwe.

COMMENT: Includes dollmani ; see Ansell, 1978:84. Delany, 1975, The Rodents of Uganda, Trustees Br. Mus . Nat. Hist., 165 pp., considered nyikae a synonym of kaiseri ; but Davis, 1975, Part 6.6:2-4, and Ansell, 1978:84, considered it a distinct species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011002005001.