Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Lophuromys nudicaudus Heller, 1911 . Smithson. Mise. Coll., 56(17):11 . TYPE LOCALITY: Cameroon , Buia country, Efulen . DISTRIBUTION: Recorded from W Cameroon , Equatorial Guinea (incl. Bioko = Fernando Poo ), and Gabon (see map in Dieterlen, 1978b ). SYNONYMS: naso . COMMENTS: Subgenus Lophuromys . Included in L. sikapusi by Misonne (1974) , but is a distinct species (see discussion in Rosevear, 1969 ). Dieterlen (1978b) explained why naso is a synonym. The karyotype of specimens from Cameroon was described by Verheyen and Van der Straeten (1980) .