Togo mouse
Leimacomys has been transferred back and forth between the Dendromurinae and the Murinae since its discovery.  It most closely resembles Lophuromys which has been transferred to a newly erected Deomyinae on the basis of molecular data.  The association with Lophuromys is thought to be due to convergent evolution due to a similar diet (Dieterlen, 1976).  Tooth characters resemble dendromurines, Mystromys or basal gerbils.  Denys et al. (1995) generated a phylogeny that suggested with limited support that Leimacomys is a sister taxon to the Gerbillinae.