Togo mouse
| Togo mouse | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Leimacomyinae Musser & Carleton, 2005 |
| Genus: | Leimacomys Matschie, 1893 |
| Species: | L. buettneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Leimacomys buettneri Matschie, 1893 | |
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.