Lemniscomys bellieri Van der Straeten, 1975 . Rev. Zool. Afr., 89:906.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ivory Coast, Ayeremou (= Lamto) .

DISTRIBUTION: Guinea and Doka woodland of Ivory Coast.

COMMENTS: Part of the murine fauna endemic to W Africa (see account of Grammomys buntingi). A relative of L. macculus, according to Van der Straeten (1975), who also recorded chromosomal information.