rock rat

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rock rat (plural rock rats)

  1. Certain members of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae:
    1. Zyzomys, an Australian genus
    2. Aethomys, of Africa
  2. Petromyscus, a southwestern African genus in the subfamily Petromyscinae of the family Nesomyidae (though these are more frequently referred to as rock mice)
  3. Aconaemys, a genus in Argentina and Chile, of the family Octodontidae:
  4. Petromus, an African genus often called dassie rats, of the family Petromuridae
  5. Laonastes, a genus from Laos, of the family Diatomyidae

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