Acomys ignitus Dollman, 1910

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 565

Acomys ignitus Dollman, 1910 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 6:229.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya, Voi .

DISTRIBUTION: Usambara Mtns in NE Tanzania (specimens in Field Museum of Natural History), and Kenya; limits unknown.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Acomys . Petter (1983) recognized ignitus as a valid species, clashing with Setzer (1975), who regarded it as part of A. dimidiatus . Petter's action reflects reality, reinforcing Hollister (1919) and Ellerman (1941), who recognized ignitus as a distinct species, but associated the names pulchellus, kempi , and nwntanus with it either as subspecies or direct synonyms. Janecek et al. (1991) considered ignitus distinct and phylogenetically closely related to A. cahirinus , based on genic data.