Mastomys verheyeni Robbins and Van der Straeten, 1989 . Senckenberg. Biol., 69:4.

TYPE LOCALITY: Nigeria, Bornu Region, Mudu (see Robbins and Van der Straeten, 1989, for more information) .

DISTRIBUTION: "Known only from Nigeria and Cameroon savanna area immediately surrounding the southern part of Lake Chad " (Robbins and Van der Straeten, 1989:9).