Grammomys gigas (Dollman 1911)

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 : 1325

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scientific name	Grammomys gigas (Dollman 1911)
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[Grammomys] gigas ( Dollman 1911) , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 7: 527.

Type Locality: Kenya, Mt Kenya, Solai, 9000 ft (2743 m).

Vernacular Names: Mount Kenya Grammomys.

Distribution: Known only from the vicinity of Mt Kenya.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Recorded only by the holotype. Recognized as a species in most lists (G. M. Allen, 1939; Ellerman, 1941). Hutterer and Dieterlen (1984) insisted the species has to be recognized because of its large teeth, an opinion we share derived from our study of the holotype; but the possibility that it is simply a large individual of G. ibeanus is a hypothesis worth testing.