Aethomys
Appearance
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Aethomys Temporal range: EarlyPlioceneto Recent
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Namaqua rock rat (Aethomys namaquensis) | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Arvicanthini |
Genus: | Aethomys Thomas,1915 |
Type species | |
Epimys hindei Thomas,1902
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Species | |
Aethomys bocagei |
Aethomysis agenusofrodentfromAfrica.[1]They are commonly referred to asrock rats,bush ratsorrock mice.
Species
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- 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)
References
[edit]- ^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.