Latitudinal range: -26.0° to 0.9°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

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Found in 3 samples

Botswana: Mokolodi Nature Reserve

Kenya: Kapsomin (Late Miocene)

South Africa: Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene)

See also Steatomys intermedius, Steatomys minus, Steatomys pratensis