Aethomys Explained

Aethomys is a genus of rodent from Africa.^[1] They are commonly referred to as rock rats, bush rats or rock mice.

Species

• 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)

Notes and References

1. 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.