Praomys rostratus (Miller, 1900) . Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 2: 637.

TYPE LOCALITY: Liberia, Mt. Coffee .

DISTRIBUTION: Forest zone of West Africa, west of Dahomey Gap (Senegal to Ghana).

COMMENT: See Van der Straeten and Verheyen, 1979, Afr. Small Mamm. Newsl., 4: 13-14, who considered this species distinct from tullbergi . Subgenus Praomys; see Misonne, 1974, Part 6: 27.