Aethomys

Taxobox
name = "Aethomys"
fossil_range = Early Pliocene to Recent
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
subfamilia = Murinae
genus = "Aethomys"
genus_authority = Thomas, 1915
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Aethomys" is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as rock rats, bush rats or rock mice.

pecies

*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)