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