Prionomys batesi Dollman, 1910 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 6:228.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cameroon, Ja River, Bitye, 2000 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from W and S Cameroon and S Central African Republic; limits unknown.

COMMENTS: Petter (1966b) discussed P. batesi from Central African Republic and contrasted its morphology with that of Dendroprionomys . The specimen from W Cameroon (55 km NE Obala) is in the American Museum of Natural History (241344).