Bushveld Gerbil (English), Bosveldse Nagmuis (Afrikaans). Endemic to Africa, the global distribution for this species ranges from Tanzania in the north to South Africa and from eastern Namibia and Angola to western and northern Mozambique. It is widely distributed in the Zambezian Woodland biotic zone and in parts of the South-West Arid and Highveld biotic zones (Dempster 2013). It occurs widely from the equator to about 30°S, including the lowveld of Swaziland and northeastern KwaZulu-Natal (Dempster 2013). It occurs in the northern and central parts of Namibia, throughout Botswana and Zimbabwe and in Mozambique south of the Zambezi River.