Otomys uzungwensis Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953

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Otomys uzungwensis Lawrence and Loveridge, 1953

Otomys percivali ; Allen & Loveridge, 1933:119 (faunal report, preliminary identification); Swynnerton and Hayman, 1951:322 (faunal work, listed as species per Allen & Loveridge, 1933).

Otomys uzungwensis ; Lawrence & Loveridge, 1953:61 (type locality— Tanganyika Territory [ Tanzania], Iringa District, Uzungwe Mountains, Dabaga; holotype —MCZ 26645); Musser & Carleton, 2005:1530 (reinstated as valid species); Carleton & Byrne, 2006:492 (taxonomic revision, retained as valid species).

Otomys typus [ uzungwensis ]; Misonne, 1974:33 (new name combination, listed in synonymy without indication of rank); Musser & Carleton, 1993:682 (listed in synonymy without indication of rank).

Otomys typus uzungwensis ; Ansell, 1978:78 (faunal work, listed as valid subspecies); Ansell & Dowsett, 1988:102 (faunal work, listed as valid subspecies).

Distribution. Udzungwa Mountains in westcentral Tanzania to the Nyika Plateau, northern Malawi and contiguous Zambia; elevational range ca. 1800–2750 m.

Specimens examined. MALAWI: Nyika Plateau, Chelinda ( BMNH 62.337 , 66.1094 , 78.2722 ) ; Nyika Plateau , 7,000 ft (2133.6 m) ( MCZ 43947, 43950 ); ( FMNH 192029 , 192030 ) . TANZANIA: Udzungwe Mountains, Kigoro ( MCZ 26637, 26638 , 26640–26644 ) ; Udzungwe Mountains, Iringa District, Dabaga , 6,000 ft (1828.8 m) ( MCZ 26645, 26646 , 26648–26653 , 26655 , 26656 , 26664 ) ; Poroto Mountains , Mbeya, 9,000 ft (2743.2 m) ( MCZ 51147) .