Thamnomys kempi Dollman, 1911 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 8:658.

TYPE LOCALITY: E Zaire, Buhamba, near Lake Kivu, 6000 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: E Zaire, W Uganda, and NW Burundi; a montane Western Rift Valley endemic.

SYNONYMS: major .

COMMENTS: A distinctive species as listed by Allen (1939) and Ellerman (1941), not a subspecies of T. venustus . Both species are sympatric at Kibati in E Zaire (documented by specimens in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard).