Hylomyscus fumosus Brosset, Dubost, and Heim de Balsac, 1965 . Biologia Gabon., 1:154 -163.

TYPE LOCALITY: Gabon, Makokou .

DISTRIBUTION: Gabon; Cameroun; perhaps Central African Republic.

COMMENT: May represent a distinct genus, Heimyscus; see Robbins et al., 1980, Ann. Carnegie Mus ., 49(2):33, 45, Misonne, 1974, Part 6:28, and Misonne, 1969, Ann. Kon. Mus . Mid.-Afr. Zool. Wetensch., 172:125.