Lophuromys rahmi Verheyen, 1964 . Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 69:206.

TYPE LOCALITY: Zaire, Kivu, Bogamanda near Lemera .

DISTRIBUTION: Recorded from montane forest in E Zaire (Kivu) and Rwanda above 1800 m; limits unknown, possibly a montane Western Rift endemic.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Lophuromys . Distributional and biological information summarized by Verheyen (1964a), Van der Straeten and Verheyen (1983), and Dieterlen (1976 b, 1987).