Otomys saundersiae Roberts, 1929 . Ann. Transvaal Mus., 13:115.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape Province, Grahamstown .

DISTRIBUTION: Isolated populations in SW Cape Province and in E Cape to S Orange Free State and Lesotho.

SYNONYMS: karoensis .

COMMENTS: Named as a subspecies of tugelensis (= O. angoniensis) by Roberts and later (1951) raised by him to full species.