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

TYPE LOCALITY: Nigeria, Panyam, 4000 ft. (1219 m) .

DISTRIBUTION: C. Nigeria; S. Niger; N. Benin; Togo; W. Ghana; upper Volta; Ivory Coast; W. Senegal.

COMMENT: Included in pratensis by Coetzee, 1977, Part 6.8:1; considered a distinct species by Swanepoel and Schütter, 1978, in Schütter, ed., Bull. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist., 6: 53-76.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008110003001.