Oenomys Tiercelini

''Oenomys'' is a genus of

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 ...

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 na ...

s. Known as rufous-nosed rats or rusty-nosed rats, they occur from Sierra Leone east to Ethiopia and as far south as northern Angola. The nose is reddish, or at least the cheeks, which suggested both the English and scientific names (''oeno-'' means "wine-colored" and ''-mys'' denotes a mouselike animal). Genus ''Oenomys'' - rufous-nosed rats *

Common rufous-nosed rat The common rufous-nosed rat (''Oenomys hypoxanthus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea ...

, ''Oenomys hypoxanthus'' (Pucheran, 1855) **''Oenomys hypoxanthus albiventris'' (Eisentraut, 1968) *

Ghana rufous-nosed rat The Ghana rufous-nosed rat (''Oenomys ornatus''), also known as the West African Oenomys, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical ...

, ''Oenomys ornatus (Thomas, 1911) *''

Oenomys tiercelini ''Oenomys'' is a genus of African 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% o ...

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