Abundance: 1.12 to 52.87% (median 8.97%)

Latitudinal range: -8.4° to 8.4°

Habitats: montane grassland (3), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (5), tropical/subtropical savanna (5)

Found in 17 samples

Central African Republic: Salo2 (small mammals), Bohou River (small mammals)

Ethiopia: Mount Hunkolo (Afroalpine), Mount Hunkolo (Erica scrub), Mount Hunkolo (agricultural land), Chebera Churchura National Park (grassland), Web Valley (exclosure 1)

Ghana: Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary (Cassia-Triplochiton forest), Gyemira Forest Reserve

Kenya: Lake Nakuru National Park

Nigeria: Ogba Forest Reserve

Sierra Leone: Saama (Site 4)

Tanzania: Mount Kilimanjaro (2150 m), Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (2000 m)

Uganda: Lunyo Forest, Lake Mburo National Park (savannah, ungrazed), Enkombe Sawmill

See also Lophuromys flavopunctatus, Lophuromys melanonyx, Lophuromys sikapusi, Lophuromys sp. 1, Lophuromys sp. 2