Grammomys gigas (Dollman 1911) [Grammomys] gigas (Dollman 1911), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 7: 527. Type Locality: Kenya, Mt Kenya, Solai, 9000 ft (2743 m). Vernacular Names: Mount Kenya Grammomys. Distribution: Known only from the vicinity of Mt Kenya. Conservation: IUCN – Endangered. Discussion: Recorded only by the holotype. Recognized as a species in most lists (G. M. Allen, 1939; Ellerman, 1941). Hutterer and Dieterlen (1984) insisted the species has to be recognized because of its large teeth, an opinion we share derived from our study of the holotype; but the possibility that it is simply a large individual of G. ibeanus is a hypothesis worth testing.

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1325, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535