Delanymys brooksi Hayman 1962

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 930-955 : 935

Delanymys brooksi Hayman 1962

Delanymys brooksi Hayman 1962 , Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 65: 2-Jan.

Type Locality: SW Uganda, Kigezi, near Kanaba, Echuya (or Muchuya) Swamp, 7500 ft (2286 m) ( Hayman, 1962 a) .

Vernacular Names: Delany's Swamp Mouse.

Distribution: Sedge swamps in bamboo and montane forest in SW Uganda, Dem. Rep. Congo (Kivu), Rwanda (Volcanos and Nyungwe forest), and Burundi (Kibira National Park; Peterhans Kerbis, in litt., 1992).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Available information on morphology, distribution, and ecology covered in Hayman (1962 a, b, 1963 a), W. Verheyen (1965 b), Dieterlen (1969 b), Delany (1975), and Van der Straeten and Verheyen (1983).