Dephomys eburneae Heim de Balsac and Bellier 1967 Dephomys eburneae Heim de Balsac and Bellier 1967, Mammalia, 31: 157. Type Locality: Côte d’Ivoire, Lamto. Vernacular Names: Ivory Coast Dephomys. Distribution: Records are from Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia (specimens in USNM); may occur in SW Ghana (Grubb et al., 1998). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Originally described as a subspecies of defua (see discussion in Rosevear, 1969), but shown to be a separate species by Van der Straeten (1984). Part of the murine fauna endemic to West Africa (see account of Grammomys buntingi). Chromosomal data from Côte d’Ivoire sample reported by Tranier and Dosso (1979).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1319, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535