Steatomys pratensis Peters, 1846 . Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 11:258.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mozambique, Zambezi River, Tete .

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa (Natal, Zululand, Transvaal), Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, N Botswana, NE and N Namibia, N Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Zaire, SW Sudan and west to Cameroon.

SYNONYMS: bocagei, edulis, gazellae, kasaicus, maunensis, natalensis, nyasae, opimus .