Cricetomys emini Wroughton, 1910 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 5:269.

TYPE LOCALITY: Zaire, Monbuttu, Gadda .

DISTRIBUTION: Lowland rain forest: in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to S Nigeria; in Central Africa, from Cameroon and Gabon, through Congo and N Zaire, to S Uganda; including Bioko (= Fernando Poo).

SYNONYMS: dolichops, kivuensis, liberiae, luteus, poensis, proparator, raineyi, sanctus.