Leimacomys Matschie 1893

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 : 1246

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scientific name	Leimacomys Matschie 1893
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Treatment

Leimacomys Matschie 1893 , Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin: 107.

Type Species: Leimacomys büttneri Matschie 1893

Synonyms: Limacomys Lydekker 1894 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Leimacomys büttneri Matschie 1893

Discussion: Rosevear (1969) provided a particularly good summary of past taxonomic allocations of Leimacomys and the nature of the types, which consist of an imperfect skin and a specimen preserved in fluid; only one cranium and mandible have been located, but the different wear on upper and lower molars indicates the two elements to be mismatched.