Lophuromys medicaudatus Dieterlen, 1975 . Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 26:295.

TYPE LOCALITY: Zaire, Lemera-Nyabutera .

DISTRIBUTION: Montane forests of E Zaire and Rwanda above 2000 m (see map in Dieterlen, 1987); a montane Western Rift endemic.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Kivumys . Information summarized by Dieterlen (1975, 1987).