Abundance: 0.25 to 28.00% (median 1.64%)
Latitudinal range: -34.3° to 0.1°Habitats: (15), Mediterranean woodland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)
Found in 20 samples
Botswana: Mokolodi Nature Reserve
Kenya: Lake Nakuru National Park, Karungu (Late Pleistocene)
Lesotho: Sehonghong (GAP) (Holocene), Sehonghong (GWA) (Holocene), Sehonghong (ALP) (Holocene), Sehonghong (SA) (Holocene), Sehonghong (BARF) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (RF) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (RBL/CLBRF) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (BAS) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (OS) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (MOS) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (RFS) (Late Pleistocene)
Malawi: Malowa (Holocene)
South Africa: Table Mountain National Park, Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 2 (Middle Pleistocene)
Tanzania: Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (2000 m)
Uganda: Lunyo Forest
See also Otomys anchietae, Otomys angoniensis, Otomys irroratus, Otomys saundersiae, Otomys sp., Otomys tropicalis