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 Lemniscomys macculus (Thomas and Wroughton, 1910) . Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 19:515 . TYPE LOCALITY: Uganda , SE Ruwenzori, Mokia . DISTRIBUTION: Recorded from Savannahs of NE Zaire , S Sudan , Ethiopia , Uganda , and Kenya ; limits unknown. SYNONYMS: akka. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Van der Straeten and Verheyen (1979a) . The species is often confused with L. striatus , but occurs sympatric with it ( Hollister, 1919 ).