rock rat
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noun
- Certain members of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, those in:
- Zyzomys, an Australian genus
- Aethomys, of Africa
- Petromyscus, a southwestern African genus in the subfamily Petromyscinae of the family Nesomyidae (more frequently referred to as rock mice)
- Aconaemys, a genus in Argentina and Chile, of the family Octodontidae
- Petromus, an African genus often called dassie rats, of the family Petromuridae
- Laonastes, a genus from Laos, of the family Diatomyidae
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