Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
       Subfamily Murinae Batsch, 1788 - Old World mice and rats
         Genus Aethomys Thomas, 1915 - bush rats, rock rats
           1 Aethomys bocagei (Thomas, 1904)
           2 Aethomys chrysophilus (de Winton, 1897) - red veld rat
           3 Aethomys granti (Wroughton, 1908) - Grant's rock mouse
           4 Aethomys hindei (Thomas, 1902)
           5 Aethomys kaiseri (Noack, 1887)
           6 Aethomys namaquensis (A. Smith, 1834) - Namaqua rock mouse
           7 Aethomys nyikae (Thomas, 1897) - Nyika veld rat
           8 Aethomys silindensis Roberts, 1938 - Silinda rat
           9 Aethomys thomasi (de Winton, 1897)