Abundance: 0.06 to 100.00% (median 44.42%)
Latitudinal range: -26.0° to 16.6°Habitats: (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (19)
Found in 23 samples
Botswana: Mokolodi Nature Reserve
Chad: Zakouma National Park (trap line A), Zakouma National Park (trap line B), Zakouma National Park (trap line C), Zakouma National Park (trap line D)
Ethiopia: Alatish National Park (wooded grassland), Hagere Selam (low stone bund density), Hagere Selam (high stone bund density), Chebera Churchura National Park (grassland), Chebera Churchura National Park (agricultural field)
Ghana: Gyemira Forest Reserve
Kenya: Lake Nakuru National Park, Mpala Research Centre, Asembo
Mauritania: Chott Boul (wire-mesh BTS traps), Chott Boul (Sherman traps)
Niger: Niamey
Senegal: Dielmo
Sierra Leone: Saama (Site 4)
South Africa: Plovers Lake
Tanzania: Usevia Open Area (1998), Sokoine University of Agriculture
Zambia: Lusaka (south area, 2011)
See also Mastomys awashensis, Mastomys erythroleucus, Mastomys huberti, Mastomys kollmannspergeri, Mastomys natalensis, Mastomys sp.