Aethomys
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| 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 |
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Epimys hindei
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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.
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)
References
- ^ 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.