Graphiurus surdus Dollman, 1912 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 9:314.

TYPE LOCALITY: Equatorial Guinea, Rio Muni Prov., Benito River .

DISTRIBUTION: Rio Muni Prov. (Equatorial Guinea) and S Cameroon.

SYNONYMS: schwabi (see Allen, 1939, for citation).

COMMENTS: Allen (1939) and Robbins and Schütter (1981) listed schwabi as a synonym of haedulus (= G. lorraineus), but the type specimen of schwabi, a juvenile, represents G. surdus .