Steatomys caurinus Thomas, 1912 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 9:271.

TYPE LOCALITY: Nigeria, Panyam, 4000 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to W Africa from Senegal west to C Nigeria (see map in Swanepoel and Schütter, 1978); limits unknown.

SYNONYMS: roseveari .

COMMENTS: Listed as a subspecies of S. pratensis by Coetzee (1977a), but documented as a separate species in the revision by Swanepoel and Schütter (1978).