This rodent is recorded from eastern Angola through East Africa and parts of southern Africa. A Kenyan checklist places it in savanna with trees and shrubs.
An older Ugandan account of A. kaiseri medicatus describes soft fur, gray upper hairs tipped reddish brown, and pale underparts with gray hair bases.
The Kenyan checklist records it in a narrow southern band near Tanzania and in savanna with trees and shrubs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.