Dasymys alleni Lawrence and Loveridge 1953

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1315

Dasymys alleni Lawrence and Loveridge 1953

Dasymys alleni Lawrence and Loveridge 1953 , Bull. Mus . Comp. Zool., Harvard, 110: 53.

Type Locality: SW Tanzania, Rungwe Mtn, Ilolo (09°10’S, 33°37’E, as per W. Verheyen et al., 2003).

Vernacular Names: Glover Allen's Dasymys.

Distribution: Apparently endemic to southern part of the Eastern Arc Mtns (Mt. Rungwe) and the mountainous western rim of the Rift Valley in Dem. Rep. Congo from the Kivu Volcanos in the north to the Kalemi (Albertville) region in the south (W. Verheyen et al., 2003), and probably farther south in the Marungu Mtns.