Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Thamnomys kempi Dollman, 1911 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 8:658 . TYPE LOCALITY: E Zaire , Buhamba, near Lake Kivu, 6000 ft . DISTRIBUTION: E Zaire , W Uganda , and NW Burundi ; a montane Western Rift Valley endemic. SYNONYMS: major . COMMENTS: A distinctive species as listed by Allen (1939) and Ellerman (1941) , not a subspecies of T. venustus . Both species are sympatric at Kibati in E Zaire (documented by specimens in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard).