Hylomyscus grandis Eisentraut 1969

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1337

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scientific name	Hylomyscus grandis Eisentraut 1969
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Hylomyscus grandis Eisentraut 1969 , Z. Saugetierk., 34: 300.

Type Locality: West Cameroon, Banso Highlands, Lake Oku on Mt Oku, 2100 m.

Vernacular Names: Mount Oku Hylomyscus.

Distribution: Recorded only from upper slopes of Mt Oku ( Eisentraut, 1969 b, 1973).

Discussion: Still known only by the four specimens collected by Eisentraut. He ( Eisentraut, 1969 b) described grandis as a subspecies of H. aeta , but it has a larger skull and significantly longer molar rows and is a separate species ( Hutterer et al., 1992 a; our study of specimens at ZFMK). Eisentraut collected examples of H. alleni at the same altitude at Lake Oku ( Eisentraut, 1969 b; our identifications of his specimens). In addition to H. grandis , other species of small mammals endemic to Mount Oku are the muroid rodents Lophuromys dieterleni , Lamottemys okuensis , and Lemniscomys mittendorfi and the golden mole Chrysochloris balsaci .