''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 ...

.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'' **''

Aethomys bocagei Bocage's rock rat (''Aethomys bocagei'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna A savanna or s ...

'' – Bocage's rock rat (Thomas, 1904) **''

Aethomys chrysophilus The red rock rat, or red veld rat, (''Aethomys chrysophilus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae native to southern Africa. Description The red rock rat is a rat-sized murine rodent. Adults have a head-body length of , with a long, ...

'' – red rock rat (de Winton, 1897) **''

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 s ...

'' – Grant's rock rat (Wroughton, 1908) **''

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 ...

'' – Hinde's rock rat (Thomas, 1902) **''

Aethomys ineptus The Tete veld aethomys or Tete veld rat (''Aethomys ineptus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in South Africa and Eswatini. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, shrubland, and grassland. The common name ref ...

'' – Tete Veld aethomys (Thomas & Wroughton, 1908) **''

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 Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda ...

'' – Kaiser's rock rat (Noack, 1887) **''

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, Eswat ...

'' – Namaqua rock rat (A. Smith, 1834) **''

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 is subtropical or tropical dry forest The tropical and subtrop ...

'' – Nyika rock rat (Thomas, 1897) **''

Aethomys silindensis The Selinda veld rat or Silinda rock rat (''Aethomys silindensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many ...

'' – Silinda rock rat (Roberts, 1938) **''

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 gra ...

'' – Tinfield's rock rat (Thomas, 1913) **'' Aethomys thomasi'' – Thomas's rock rat (de Winton, 1897)

References

Rodent genera Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{Murinae-stub