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Veld Rats
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Veld Rats

Aethomys

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

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Red Veld Rat

speciesAethomys chrysophilus

Tete Veld Rat

speciesAethomys ineptus

Hinde's Veld Rat

speciesAethomys hindei

West African Veld Rat

speciesAethomys stannarius

Nyika Veld Rat

speciesAethomys nyikae

Bocage's Veld Rat

speciesAethomys bocagei

Thomas' Veld Rat

speciesAethomys thomasi

Kaiser's Veld Rat

speciesAethomys kaiseri

Selinda Veld Rat

speciesAethomys silindensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 851040.