Dasymys incomtus (Sundevall, 1847) . Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl, Stockholm, 1846, 3:120 [1847].

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, "Caffraria prope Portum Natal," (= Durban, Natal) .

DISTRIBUTION: S Africa, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, S Sudan; limits unknown.

SYNONYMS: alleni, bentleyae, capensis, edsoni, fuscus, griseifrons, gueinzii, helukus, médius, nigridius, orthos, palustris, savannus, shawi .

COMMENTS: Possibly a complex of several species. Chromosomal variation from South African specimens reported by Gordon (1991:413) who noted it "is equivocal whether the different chromosomal forms represent distinct species characterized by fixed rearrangements or a chromosomally polymorphic species."