Dephomys eburneae Heim de Balsac and Bellier 1967

Dephomys eburneae Heim de Balsac and Bellier 1967, Mammalia, 31: 157.

Type Locality: Côte d’Ivoire, Lamto.

Vernacular Names: Ivory Coast Dephomys.

Distribution: Records are from Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia (specimens in USNM); may occur in SW Ghana (Grubb et al., 1998).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Originally described as a subspecies of defua (see discussion in Rosevear, 1969), but shown to be a separate species by Van der Straeten (1984). Part of the murine fauna endemic to West Africa (see account of Grammomys buntingi). Chromosomal data from Côte d’Ivoire sample reported by Tranier and Dosso (1979).