Aethomys chrysophilus (de Winton, 1897) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1896:801 [1897].

TYPE LOCALITY: S Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Mazoe .

DISTRIBUTION: From SE Kenya south through Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and E Botswana into South Africa, Namibia, and north into S Angola.

SYNONYMS: alticola, capricornis, fouriei, harei, imago, ineptus, magalakuini, pretoriae, singidae, tongensis, tzaneenensis, voi .

COMMENTS: Data from chromosomes (Gordon and Rautenbach, 1980; Visser and Robinson, 1986) and spermatozoal morphology (Gordon and Watson, 1986; Visser and Robinson, 1987) indicated that populations now identified as A. chrysophilus consist of two species: chrysophilus itself and another species not yet identified by scientific name. The segment occuring in southern African subregion reviewed by Skinner and Smithers (1990).