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

TYPE SPECIES: Leimacomys buettneri Matschie, 1893 .

SYNONYMS: Limacomys .

COMMENTS: Apparently more closely related to Steatomys than to other dendromurines (Dieterlen, 1976a). Rosevear (1969) provided a particularly good summary of past taxonomic allocations of Leimacomys and the nature of the type specimens.