Togo mouse
Musser and Carleton (2005) chose to erect a new subfamily, Leimacomyinae, to house this species.  They placed it in the family Muridae due to its potential connection to either the Gerbillinae or Deomyinae, but emphasized that a broad phylogenetic study including Leimacomys, and a host of  nesomyids and murids is needed to determine its appropriate position.