Hybomys trivirgatus (Temminck, 1853) . Esquisses Zool. sur la Côte de Guine, p. 159.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ghana (= Gold Coast), Dabocrom .

DISTRIBUTION: From E Sierra Leone west to S Nigeria west of the Niger River (see map in Carleton and Robbins, 1985).

SYNONYMS: pearsei.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Typomys . Part of the murine fauna endemic to W Africa (see account of Grammomys buntingi). Morphology, phylogenetic affinities, and geographic range reviewed by Carleton and Robbins (1985).