Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Suborder Sciurognathi (Tullberg, 1899)
see Suborder Sciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
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
01 Aethomys bocagei (Thomas, 1904)
02 Aethomys chrysophilus (de Winton, 1897) - red veld rat
03 Aethomys granti (Wroughton, 1908) - Grant's rock mouse
04 Aethomys hindei (Thomas, 1902)
05 Aethomys kaiseri (Noack, 1887)
06 Aethomys namaquensis (A. Smith, 1834) - Namaqua rock mouse
07 Aethomys nyikae (Thomas, 1897) - Nyika veld rat
08 Aethomys silindensis Roberts, 1938 - Silinda rat
09 Aethomys stannarius Thomas, 1913
10 Aethomys thomasi (de Winton, 1897)