Definitions
1.NounCertain members of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, those in:
Zyzomys, an Australian genus
Aethomys, of Africa
2.NounZyzomys, an Australian genus
3.NounAethomys, of Africa
4.NounPetromyscus, a southwestern African genus in the subfamily Petromyscinae of the family Nesomyidae (more frequently referred to as rock mice)
5.NounAconaemys, a genus in Argentina and Chile, of the family Octodontidae:
6.NounPetromus, an African genus often called dassie rats, of the family Petromuridae
7.NounLaonastes, a genus from Laos, of the family Diatomyidae