Aethomys
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| Aethomys Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Aethomys Thomas, 1915 |
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Aethomys bocagei |
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Aethomys is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as rock rats, bush rats or rock mice.
Species
- Genus Aethomys
- Aethomys bocagei - Bocage's Rock Rat (Thomas, 1904)
- Aethomys chrysophilus - Red Rock Rat (de Winton, 1897)
- Aethomys granti - Grant's Rock Rat (Wroughton, 1908)
- Aethomys hindei - Hinde's Rock Rat( Thomas, 1902)
- Aethomys ineptus - Tete Veld Aethomys (Thomas & Wroughton, 1908)
- Aethomys kaiseri - Kaiser's Rock Rat (Noack, 1887)
- Aethomys namaquensis - Namaqua Rock Rat (A. Smith, 1834)
- Aethomys nyikae - Nyika Rock Rat (Thomas, 1897)
- Aethomys silindensis - Silinda Rock Rat Roberts, 1938
- Aethomys stannarius - Tinfield's Rock Rat (Thomas, 1913)
- Aethomys thomasi Thomas's Rock Rat (de Winton, 1897)
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