Aethomys stannarius Thomas, 1913 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 11:482.

TYPE LOCALITY: N Nigeria, Bauchi Prov., Kabwir .

DISTRIBUTION: N Nigeria to W Cameroon.

COMMENTS: A West African endemic that was included in A. hindei by Davis (1975b), but was correctly treated as a distinct species by Ellerman (1941: 145), Rosevear (1969:389), and Hutterer and Joger (1982: 126).