Grammomys buntingi (Thomas 1911)

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

Type Locality: Liberia, Bassa, Gonyon.

Vernacular Names: Bunting's Grammomys.

Distribution: Zone of high forest, coastal scrub or Guinea woodland in West Africa from Senegal (Duplantier and Granjon, 1992), Sierra Leone (Grubb et al., 1998), and Guinea to Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia; see Rosevear (1969).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

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