''Dephomys'' 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 ...

in the family Muridae endemic to

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 ...

. It contains the following species: * Defua rat (''Dephomys defua'') * Ivory Coast rat (''Dephomys eburneae'')

References

* Rodent genera Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Murinae-stub