Otomys sloggetti Thomas, 1902 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 10:311.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape Province, Deelfontein, north of Richmond .

DISTRIBUTION: E Cape Province, Lesotho, and NW Natal, South Africa (Lynch and Watson, 1992).

SYNONYMS: basuticus, jeppei, robertsi, turneri .

COMMENTS: A species with many primitive dental traits, viewed as closely related to O. unisulcatus (Bohmann, 1952; Roberts, 1951; Thomas, 1918b). Karyotypic and genetic data supplied by Contrafatto et al. (1992b).