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Groove-toothed Forest Mouse

Leimacomys buettneri

Classification

Family
Muridae

The Togo mouse (Leimacomys buettneri), also known as Büttner's African forest mouse or the groove-toothed forest mouse, is a unique muroid rodent known from only two specimens taken from near the type locality of Bismarckburg near Yege, Togo, in 1890. Its genus is monotypic. Description and natural history The entirety of known material for this species consists of a single, poor-quality dry skin, a fluid-preserved animal, and a cranium and mandible.

Distribution

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