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Aethomys is a genus of rodent from Africa.[1] They are commonly referred to as rock rats, bush rats or rock mice.
| Aethomys Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent
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| Namaqua rock rat (Aethomys namaquensis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Arvicanthini |
| Genus: | Aethomys Thomas, 1915 |
| Type species | |
| Epimys hindei Thomas, 1902
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Aethomys bocagei | |
Species
edit- 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)
References
edit- ^ Chimimba, Christian T., Nico J. Dippenaar, and Terence J. Robinson. "Morphometric and morphological delineation of southern African species of Aethomys (Rodentia: Muridae)." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 67.4 (1999): 501-527.
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