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 Steatomys parvus Rhoads, 1896 . Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia , p. 529 . TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia , Lake Rudolf, Rusia . DISTRIBUTION: South Africa (N Natal, Zululand), N Botswana , NW Zimbabwe , N Namibia , Angola , Zambia , Tanzania , Kenya , Uganda , Somalia , S Sudan , and S Ethiopia . SYNONYMS: aquilo , athi , kalaharicus, loveridgei, minutus , swalius , thomasi , tongensis, umbratus. COMMENTS: The single Ethiopian record was listed as S. pratensis by Yalden et al. (1976) .