Noun
Certain members of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae:
Zyzomys, an Australian genus
Aethomys, of Africa
Petromyscus, a southwestern African genus in the subfamily Petromyscinae of the family Nesomyidae (though these are 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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