Dephomys eburnea (Heim de Balsac et Bellier, 1967) . Mammalia, 31:157.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ivory Coast, Lamto .

DISTRIBUTION: Records are from Ivory Coast and Liberia.

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