Praomys erythroleucus (Temminck, 1853) . Esquisses Zool. sur la Cote de Guine, p. 160.

TYPE LOCALITY: Guinea .

DISTRIBUTION: Morocco and Senegal to Sudan and Zaire.

COMMENT: Subgenus Mastomys; see Misonne, 1974, Part 6:25. Chromosome number 2N =38; formerly included huberti; see Petter, 1977, Mammalia, 41:441 -444.