''Aethomys'' is a genus of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
from
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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[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. They are commonly referred to as rock rats, bush rats or rock mice.
Species
*Genus ''Aethomys''
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Aethomys bocagei'' – Bocage's rock rat (Thomas, 1904)
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Aethomys chrysophilus'' – red rock rat (de Winton, 1897)
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Aethomys granti
Grant's rock mouse or Grant's rock rat (''Aethomys granti'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
found only in South Africa. It is sometimes included in the genus ''Micaelamys''.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shr ...
'' – Grant's rock rat (Wroughton, 1908)
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Aethomys hindei
Hinde's rock rat (''Aethomys hindei'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
found in Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Its natu ...
'' – Hinde's rock rat (Thomas, 1902)
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Aethomys ineptus'' – Tete Veld aethomys (Thomas & Wroughton, 1908)
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Aethomys kaiseri
Kaiser's rock rat (''Aethomys kaiseri'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or ...
'' – Kaiser's rock rat (Noack, 1887)
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Aethomys namaquensis
The Namaqua rock rat (''Aethomys namaquensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is sometimes included in the genus ''Micaelamys''.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, ...
'' – Namaqua rock rat (A. Smith, 1834)
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Aethomys nyikae
The Nyika rock rat (''Aethomys nyikae'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Zambia.
Its natural habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of re ...
'' – Nyika rock rat (Thomas, 1897)
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Aethomys silindensis
The Selinda veld rat or Silinda rock rat (''Aethomys silindensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
found in possibly Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest
A forest is an area of ...
'' – Silinda rock rat (Roberts, 1938)
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Aethomys stannarius
Tinfields rock rat (''Aethomys stannarius'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
found in Cameroon and Nigeria.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassl ...
'' – Tinfield's rock rat (Thomas, 1913)
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Aethomys thomasi
Thomas's rock rat (''Aethomys thomasi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
found only in Angola.
Its natural habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present ...
'' – Thomas's rock rat (de Winton, 1897)
References
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
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