Praomys mutoni Van der Straeten and Dudu (1990) . In Peters and Hutterer (eds.), Vertebrates in the tropics, Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, p. 75.

TYPE LOCALITY: N Zaire (Haut-Zaïre), Batiabongena (Masako Forest Reserve), 00°36'N, 25º13'E .

DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from the type locality.

COMMENTS: A distinct forest species related to P. jacksoni and occurring sympatrically with it (Van der Straeten and Dudu, 1990).