Dasymys sua W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, and E. Verheyen 2003 Dasymys sua W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, and E. Verheyen 2003, Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg., Biol., 73: 41. Type Locality: E Tanzania, Mbete (06°52’S, 37°41’E, as per W. Verheyen et al., 2003:41), near Morogoro, on flanks of the Uluguru Range (Kitundu Forest), 1540 m. Vernacular Names: Tanzanian Dasymys. Distribution: Known only from upland plains in the Morogoro region of EC Tanzania, 400-1600 m (W. Verheyen et al., 2003). Discussion: Member of the D. incomtus species complex. Defined by discriminant function analyses using craniometric traits as well as complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequences in comparison with samples of D. rufulus and the bentleyae portion of the D. incomtus species complex (W. Verheyen et al., 2003).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1318, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535