Grammomys Thomas, 1915

Denys, Christiane, Missoup, Alain Didier, Nicolas, Violaine, Sylla, Morlaye, Douno, Mory, Kadjo, Blaise, Lalis, Aude & Monadjem, Ara, 2025, Annotated checklist of rodents from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa), Zoosystema 47 (27), pp. 617-689 : 640

Genus Grammomys Thomas, 1915

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REMARKS

Grammomys remained confounded with Thamnomys for a long time, but recently, molecular analyses have confirmed the validity of these two genera ( Bryja et al. 2017, 2024; Mikula et al. 2021). In West Africa, only one clade was recognized, Grammomys buntingi Thomas, 1911 ( holotype NHM-11.7.28.27 from Bassa, Liberia). Heim de Balsac & Lamotte (1958) recorded the presence of Grammomys ( macmillani ?) buntingi in Guinean side of the Mount Nimba. The genus was not collected by Coe (1975), Gautun et al. (1986) or Misonne & Verschuren (1976). The new specimens collected during our expeditions in Liberia have been sequenced and are all attributed to G. buntingi ( Bryja et al. 2017) . A recent revision using phylogenomic analyses however, put G. buntingi in synonymy within the G. macmillani clade ( Bryja et al. 2024)