Pan- African rodents: 32 Families, 78 Genera
Suborder: Hystricognathi
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Heliophobius
· Silvery
Mole Rat Heliophobius argenteocinereus LC
Genus: Heterocephalus
· Naked
Mole Rat Heterocephalus glaber LC
Genus: Bathyergus
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Namaqua Dune Mole Rat Bathyergus janetta LC
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Cape Dune
Mole Rat Bathyergus suillus LC
Genus: Cryptomys
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Damaraland
Mole Rat Cryptomys damarensis LC
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African Mole Rat Cryptomys hottentotus LC
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Nigerian
Mole Rat Cryptomys foxi DD
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Ochre
Mole Rat Cryptomys ochraceocinereus DD
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Mashona Mole-rat Cryptomys darlingi LC
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Genus: Georychus
·
Cape mole rat Georychus capensis LC
Family: Hystricidae
(Old World porcupines)
Genus: Atherurus
· African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus
africanus LC
Genus: Hystrix
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Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis LC
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Crested
Porcupine Hystrix cristata LC
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Family: Petromuridae
Genus: Petromus
·
Dassie Rat Petromus typicus
LC
Family: Thryonomyidae (cane rats)
Genus: Thryonomys
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Greater
Cane Rat Thryonomys swinderianus LC
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Lesser
Cane Rat Thryonomys gregorianus LC
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Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Anomaluridae
Subfamily: Anomalurinae
*Genus: Anomalurus
· Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed Squirrel
Anomalurus derbianus
LC
· Dwarf Scaly-tailed Squirrel Anomalurus
pusillus LC
*Genus: Anomalurops
Beecroft's Scaly-tailed Squirrel Anomalurops
beecrofti LC
Subfamily: Zenkerellinae
*Genus: Idiurus
· Long-eared Flying Mouse Idiurus macrotis LC
· Flying
mouse Idiurus zenkeri DD
*Genus: Zenkerella
· Flightless Scaly-tailed Squirrel Zenkerella
insignis DD
Family: Pedetidae
(spring hare)
Genus: Pedetes
·
Springhare Pedetes
capensis LC
Family: Sciuridae
(squirrels)
Subfamily: Xerinae
Tribe: Xerini
Genus: Atlantoxerus
· Barbary Ground Squirrel Atlantoxerus
getulus LC
Genus: Xerus
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South African Ground Squirrel Xerus
inauris LC
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Mountain Ground Squirrel Xerus princeps LC
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Striped ground squirrel Xerus erythropus LC
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Unstriped Ground Squirrel Xerus
rutilus LC
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Tribe: Protoxerini
Genus: Epixerus
· Baifran Palm Squirrel Epixerus wilsoni DD
Genus: Funisciurus
· Thomas's Rope Squirrel Funisciurus
anerythrus DD
· Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel Funisciurus
isabella LC
· Ribboned Rope Squirrel Funisciurus
lemniscatus DD
· Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel Funisciurus
leucogenys DD
· Fire-footed Rope Squirrel Funisciurus
pyrropus LC
· Carruther's Mountain Squirrel Funisciurus
carruthersi LC
Genus: Heliosciurus
· Red-legged Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus
rufobrachium LC
· Gambian Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus LC
· Zanj
Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus undulatus DD
· Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus
ruwenzorii LC
· Mutable Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus mutabilis LC
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Genus: Myosciurus
· African Pygmy Squirrel Myosciurus pumilio DD
Genus: Paraxerus
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Smith's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus cepapi LC
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Red
Bush Squirrel Paraxerus palliatus LC
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Cooper's Mountain Squirrel Paraxerus
cooperi DD
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Green Bush Squirrel Paraxerus poensis LC
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Boehm's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus boehmi LC
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Striped Bush Squirrel Paraxerus
flavovittis DD
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Ochre Bush Squirrel Paraxerus ochraceus LC
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Alexander's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus
alexandri LC
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Genus: Protoxerus
Forest Giant Squirrel Protoxerus stangeri LC
Family: Gliridae
(dormice)
Subfamily: Leithiinae
Genus: Eliomys
· Asian Garden Dormouse Eliomys melanurus LC
Family: Dipodidae
(jerboas)
Subfamily: Dipodinae
*Genus: Jaculus
· Lesser
Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus jaculus LC
· Greater
Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus orientalis LC
Subfamily: Graphiurinae
Genus: Graphiurus
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Small-eared Dormouse Graphiurus microtis LC
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Woodland
Dormouse Graphiurus murinus LC
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Spectacled
Dormouse Graphiurus ocularis LC
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Rock Dormouse Graphiurus platyops LC
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Stone Dormouse Graphiurus rupicola LC
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Christy's Dormouse Graphiurus christyi DD
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Jentink's Dormouse Graphiurus crassicaudatus DD
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Lorrain Dormouse Graphiurus lorraineus LC
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nopage Graphiurus
nagtglasii LC
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Olga's
Dormouse Graphiurus olga DD
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Savanna Dormouse Graphiurus parvus
LC
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Silent Dormouse Graphiurus surdus
DD
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nopage Graphiurus
johnstoni DD
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Family: Nesomyidae
Subfamily: Petromyscinae
Genus: Petromyscus
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Barbour's
Rock Mouse Petromyscus barbouri LC
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Pygmy Rock Mouse Petromyscus collinus LC
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Brukkaros
Pygmy Rock Mouse Petromyscus monticularis LC
Subfamily: Dendromurinae
Genus: Dendromus
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Gray Glimbing Mouse Dendromus melanotis LC
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Chestnut Climbing Mouse Dendromus
mystacalis LC
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Remarkable Climbing Mouse Dendromus
insignis LC
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Brant's Climbing Mouse Dendromus
mesomelas LC
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Chestnut Climbing Mouse Dendromus
mystacalis LC
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Nyika Climbing Mouse Dendromus nyikae LC
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Banana Climbing Mouse Dendromus messorius LC
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Cameroon Climbing Mouse Dendromus oreas VU
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Kivu Climbing Mouse Dendromus kivu LC
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Family: Spalacidae
Subfamily: Tachyoryctinae
*Genus: Tachyoryctes
· Mianzini Mole Rat Tachyoryctes annectens DD
· Audacious
Mole Rat Tachyoryctes audax LC
· Demon Mole Rat Tachyoryctes daemon LC
· Kenyan
African Mole Rat Tachyoryctes ibeanus LC
· Naivasha Mole Rat Tachyoryctes naivashae LC
· King
Mole Rat Tachyoryctes rex LC
· Rudd's
Mole Rat Tachyoryctes ruddi LC
· Embi
Mole Rat Tachyoryctes spalacinus LC
· Storey's African Mole Rat Tachyoryctes
storeyi DD
· Ankole Mole Rat Tachyoryctes ankoliae LC
Family: Nesomyidae
Subfamily: Delanymyinae
Genus: Delanymys
· Delany's Swamp Mouse Delanymys brooksi EN
Genus: Malacothrix
·
Gerbil Mouse Malacothrix typica LC
*Genus: Prionomys
·
Dollman's Tree Mouse Prionomys batesi DD
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Genus: Steatomys
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Kreb's
Fat Mouse Steatomys krebsii LC
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Fat Mouse Steatomys
pratensis LC
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Northwestern Fat Mouse Steatomys caurinus LC
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Dainty
Fat Mouse Steatomys cuppedius LC
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Jackson's Fat Mouse Steatomys jacksoni VU
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Subfamily: Mystromyinae
Genus: Mystromys
· White-tailed
Rat Mystromys albicaudatus EN
Subfamily: Cricetomyinae
Genus: Beamys
· Long-tailed Pouched Rat Beamys hindei NT
Genus: Saccostomus
· Phascogalini
Saccostomus campestris LC
· Mearns's Pouched Mouse Saccostomus
mearnsi LC
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Lophiomyinae
Genus: Lophiomys
· Maned Rat Lophiomys
imhausi LC
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Genus: Cricetomys
· Cricetomys
emini LC
· Gambian Pouch Rat Cricetomys gambianus LC
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Family: Muridae (mice,
rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters, etc.)
Subfamily: Deomyinae
Genus: Acomys
· Spiny mouse
Acomys spinosissimus
LC
· Cape
Spiny Mouse Acomys subspinosus LC
· Johan's Spiny Mouse Acomys johannis LC
· Gray
Spiny Mouse Acomys cineraceus LC
· Fiery
Spiny Mouse Acomys ignitus LC
· Kemp's Spiny Mouse Acomys kempi LC
· Louise's Spiny Mouse Acomys louisae LC
· Percival's Spiny Mouse Acomys percivali LC
· Wilson's Spiny Mouse Acomys wilsoni LC
· Chudeau's
Spiny Mouse Acomys chudeaui LC
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*Genus: Deomys
· Congo Forest Mouse Deomys ferrugineus LC
*Genus: Lophuromys
· Dieterlen's Brush-furred Mouse Lophuromys
dieterleni VU
· Fire-bellied Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys
nudicaudus LC
· Mount Cameroon Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys
roseveari LC
· Rusty-bellied Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys
sikapusi LC
· Yellow-spotted Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys
flavopunctatus LC
· Rahm's Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys rahmi NT
· Rahm's Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys rahmi NT
*Genus: Uranomys
· Rudd's
Mouse Uranomys ruddi LC
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Subfamily: Otomyinae
Genus: Otomys
· Angoni
Vlei Rat Otomys angoniensis LC
· Vlei Rat Otomys
irroratus LC
· Laminate
Vlei Rat Otomys laminatus LC
· Saunder's Vlei Rat Otomys saundersiae LC
· Sloggett's Vlei Rat Otomys sloggetti LC
· Karoo
Bush Rat Otomys unisulcatus LC
· Burton's Vlei Rat Otomys burtoni VU
· Western Vlei Rat Otomys occidentalis VU
· Barbour's
Vlei Rat Otomys barbouri EN
· Dollman's Vlei Rat Otomys dollmani DD
· Mount Elgon Vlei Rat Otomys jacksoni EN
· Tanzanian Vlei Rat Otomys lacustris NT
· Afroalpine Vlei Rat Otomys orestes DD
· Tropical
Vlei Rat Otomys tropicalis LC
· Barbour's Vlei Rat Otomys barbouri EN
· Ruwenzori Vlei Rat Otomys dartmouthi VU
· Dent's
Vlei Rat Otomys denti NT
· Tropical
Vlei Rat Otomys tropicalis LC
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Genus: Parotomys
· Brants's Whistling Rat Parotomys brantsii LC
· Littledale's Whistling Rat Parotomys
littledalei LC
Subfamily: Gerbillinae
*Genus: Dipodillus
· North African Gerbil Dipodillus campestris LC
Genus: Gerbillus
· Botta's
Gerbil Gerbillus bottai DD
· Cosens's Gerbil Gerbillus cosensis DD
· Harwood's Gerbil Gerbillus harwoodi LC
· Gerbillus
pulvinatus LC
· Least Gerbil Gerbillus pusillus LC
· Gerbillus
ruberrimus LC
· Gerbillus gerbillus LC
· Western Gerbil Gerbillus hesperinus VU
· Gerbillus maghrebi LC
· Gerbillus
nanus LC
· Occidental
Gerbil Gerbillus occiduus DD
· Gerbillus
simoni LC
· Tarabul's Gerbil Gerbillus tarabuli LC
· Sudan Gerbil Gerbillus nancillus DD
· Gerbillus
nigeriae LC
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*Genus: Meriones
· Sundevall's
Jird Meriones crassus LC
· Libyan Jird
Meriones libycus LC
· Shaw's
Jird Meriones shawi LC
Genus: Desmodillus
· Cape Short-eared Gerbil Desmodillus
auricularis LC
· Pouched Gerbil Desmodilliscus braueri LC
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Genus: Gerbillurus
· Hairy-footed Gerbil Gerbillurus paeba LC
· Bushy-tailed Hairy-footed Gerbil Gerbillurus
vallinus LC
Genus: Tatera
· Cape Gerbil
Tatera afra LC
· Highveld
Gerbil Tatera brantsii LC
· Bushveld Gerbil Tatera leucogaster LC
· Kemp's
Gerbil Tatera kempi LC
· Fring-tailed Gerbil Tatera robusta LC
· Savanna
Gerbil Tatera valida LC
· Phillip's
Gerbil Tatera phillipsi LC
· Black-tailed Gerbil Tatera nigricauda LC
· Boehm's Gerbil Tatera boehmi LC
· Kemp's Gerbil Tatera kempi LC
· Gorongoza
Gerbil Tatera inclusa LC
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Genus: Taterillus
· Congo
Tateril Taterillus congicus LC
· Emin's
Tateril Taterillus emini LC
· Harrington's Tateril Taterillus harringtoni LC
Genus: Pachyuromys
· Fat-tailed
Gerbil Pachyuromys duprasi LC
*Genus: Psammomys
· Sand Rat Psammomys
obesus LC
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Subfamily: Murinae
*Genus: Apodemus
· Wood mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus LC
Genus: Aethomys
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Red Rock
Rat Aethomys chrysophilus LC
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Grant's
Rock Rat Aethomys granti LC
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Tete Veld Aethomys Aethomys ineptus LC
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Namaqua
Rock Rat Aethomys namaquensis LC
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Hinde's
Rock Rat Aethomys hindei LC
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Tinfields Rock Rat Aethomys stannarius NT
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Kaiser's Rock Rat Aethomys kaiseri LC
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Silinda
Rock Rat Aethomys silindensis VU
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Genus: Arvicanthis
· Guinean Arvicanthis Arvicanthis rufinus LC
· Nairobi
Grass Rat Arvicanthis nairobae LC
· African
Grass Rat Arvicanthis niloticus LC
· Somali
Grass Rat Arvicanthis somalicus DD
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Genus: Colomys
· African
Water Rat Colomys goslingi LC
Genus: Dasymys
· Common
Dasymys Dasymys incomtus LC
· West African Shaggy Rat Dasymys rufulus LC
· Fox's
Shaggy Rat Dasymys foxi VU
· Montane
Shaggy Rat Dasymys montanus VU
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*Genus: Hybomys
· Eisentraut's Striped Mouse Hybomys
eisentrauti EN
· Peters' Striped Mouse Hybomys univittatus LC
· West African Hybomys Hybomys trivirgatus LC
· Ruwenzori Hybomys Hybomys lunaris VU
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Genus: Hylomyscus
· Beaded
Wood Mouse Hylomyscus aeta LC
· Mt
Oku Hylomyscus Hylomyscus grandis CR
· Little
Wood Mouse Hylomyscus parvus LC
· Stella
Wood Mouse Hylomyscus stella LC
· West African Hybomys Hybomys trivirgatus LC
· Montane Wood Mouse Hylomyscus denniae LC
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Genus: Lamottemys
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Mt. Oku Rat Lamottemys okuensis EN
Genus: Grammomys
· Mozambique Thicket Rat Grammomys cometes LC
· Woodland Thicket Rat Grammomys dolichurus LC
· Giant
Thicket Rat Grammomys gigas EN
· Ruwenzori Thicket Rat Grammomys ibeanus LC
· Macmillan's Thicket Rat Grammomys
macmillani LC
· Gray-headed Thicket Rat Grammomys
caniceps DD
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Genus: Heimyscus
· Smokey
Heimyscus Heimyscus fumosus LC
Genus: Lemniscomys
· Single-striped Grass Mouse Lemniscomys
rosalia LC
· Mittendorf's Lemniscomys Lemniscomys
mittendorfi DD
· Typical Striped Grass Mouse Lemniscomys
striatus LC
· Heuglin's Lemniscomys Lemniscomys zebra LC
· Buffoon
Lemniscomys Lemniscomys macculus LC
· Barbary Striped Grass Mouse Lemniscomys
barbarus LC
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Genus: Malacomys
· Big-eared Swamp Rat Malacomys longipes LC
· Edward's Swamp Rat Malacomys edwardsi LC
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Genus: Mastomys
· Southern Multimammate Mouse Mastomys
coucha LC
· Natal Multimammate Mouse Mastomys
natalensis LC
· Guinea Multimammate Mouse Mastomys
erythroleucus LC
· Dwarf Multimammate Mouse Mastomys
pernanus DD
· Hubert's Mastomys Mastomys huberti LC
· Verhayen's Multimammate Mouse Mastomys
kollmannspergeri LC
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Genus: Mus
· Desert Pygmy Mouse Mus indutus LC
· African Pygmy Mouse Mus minutoides LC
· Neave's
Mouse Mus neavei
DD
· Orange
Mouse Mus orangiae LC
· Peter's
Mouse Mus setulosus LC
· Thomas's Pygmy Mouse Mus sorella LC
· Mahomet
Mouse Mus mahomet
LC
· Peter's
Mouse Mus setulosus LC
· Delicate
Mouse Mus tenellus LC
· Gray-bellied Pygmy Mouse Mus triton LC
· Algerian
Mouse Mus spretus
LC
· Hausa Mouse
Mus haussa LC
· Toad Mouse
Mus bufo LC
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Genus: Mylomys
· Mill Rat Mylomys
dybowskii LC
Genus: Myomyscus
· Verreaux's White-footed Rat Myomyscus
verreauxii LC
· Brockman's Myomyscus Myomyscus brockmani LC
Genus: Oenomys
· Rufous-nosed
Rats Oenomys hypoxanthus LC
Genus: Pelomys
· Creek Groove-toothed Swamp Rat Pelomys
fallax LC
· Hopkins's Groove-toothed Swamp Rat
Pelomys hopkinsi VU
· Issel's Groove-toothed Swamp Rat Pelomys
isseli EN
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Genus: Praomys
· Dalton's
Praomys Praomys daltoni LC
· Hartwig's Soft-furred Mouse Praomys
hartwigi EN
· Jackson's Soft-furred Mouse Praomys
jacksoni LC
· Cameroon Soft-furred Mouse Praomys
morio VU
· Petter's
Praomys Praomys petteri LC
· Tullberg's Soft-furred Mouse Praomys
tullbergi LC
· East African Praomys Praomys delectorum NT
· Misonne's Soft-furred Mouse Praomys
misonnei LC
· Deroo's
Praomys Praomys derooi LC
· nopage Praomys obscurus EN
· Tullberg's Soft-furred Mouse Praomys
tullbergi LC
· Praomys degraaffi VU
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Genus: Stochomys
· Target Rat
Stochomys longicaudatus LC
Genus: Thamnomys
· Charming Thicket Rat Thamnomys venustus NT
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Genus: Rhabdomys
· Four-striped Grass Mouse Rhabdomys
pumilio LC
Genus: Thallomys
· Black-tailed Tree Rat Thallomys nigricauda LC
· Acacia rat
Thallomys paedulcus LC
· Shortridge's
Rat Thallomys shortridgei DD
· Loring's
Rat Thallomys loringi LC
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Genus: Zelotomys
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Woosnam's Zelotomys Zelotomys woosnami LC
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Hildegarde's Zelotomys Zelotomys
hildegardeae LC
Family: Ctenodactylidae
Genus: Ctenodactylus
· Gundi Ctenodactylus
gundi LC
· Val's
Gundi Ctenodactylus vali DD