Red rock rat
| Red rock rat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Aethomys |
| Species: | A. chrysophilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aethomys chrysophilus (de Winton, 1897) | |
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The red rock rat (Aethomys chrysophilus) or red veld rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae native to southern Africa.