Dendromus nyikae Wroughton, 1909 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 3:248.

TYPE LOCALITY: N Malawi, Nyika Plateau .

DISTRIBUTION: SC Zaire, N and C Angola, South Africa (E Transvaal), E Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, SW Tanzania, and Mozambique; limits unknown.

SYNONYMS: angolensis, bernardi, longicaudatus, pecilei.

COMMENTS: The record from Zaire is documented by specimens in the American Museum of Natural History collected at Kananga (Luluabourg) and labelled pecilei.