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 Saccostomus campestris Peters, 1846 . Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin , 11:258 . TYPE LOCALITY: Mozambique , Tete Dist. , Zambezi River, Tete . DISTRIBUTION: Broadly occurring in arid to mesic southern savannahs and grasslands: from SW Tanzania across to C Angola ; south through most of Malawi , Zambia , Zimbabwe , Botswana , and Namibia ; to S Mozambique and Cape Province , South Africa . SYNONYMS: anderssoni , angolae , elegans , fuscus , hildae , lapidarius , limpopoensis , mashonae , pagei , streeteri . COMMENTS: A composite of two or more species as suggested by extraordinary chromosomal variation (Gordon, 1986; Gordon and Rautenbach, 1980 ); the status of anderssoni and mashonae especially deserves attention in regard to campestris proper.