Grammomys buntingi (Thomas, 1911)

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 592

Grammomys buntingi (Thomas, 1911) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 7:381.

TYPE LOCALITY: Liberia, Bassa, Gonyon .

DISTRIBUTION: Zone of high forest, coastal scrub or Guinea woodland in West Africa from Sierra Leone and Guinea to Ivory Coast and Liberia.

COMMENTS: Except for Misonne (1974), who included it in G. dolichurus , buntingi has always been listed or discussed as a species of Grammomys ( Allen, 1939; Ellerman, 1941; Hutterer and Dieterlen, 1984; Petter and Trainer, 1975; Rosevear, 1969). Apparently G. buntingi is part of a suite of species endemic to W Africa: Dephomys defua , D. eburnea , Hybomys planifrons , H. trivirgatus , Hylomyscus baeri , Lemniscomys bellieri , Malacomys cansdalei , M. edwardsi, Myomys daltoni, M. derooi, and Praomys rostratus ( Carleton and Robbins, 1985; Hutterer and Dieterlen, 1984).