Aethomys

{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}

{{More citations needed|type=animal|date=December 2009}}

{{automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Early Pliocene to Recent

| image = Namaqua rock mouse feeding on Pagoda Lily nectar.jpg

| image_caption = Namaqua rock rat
(Aethomys namaquensis)

| taxon = Aethomys

| authority = Thomas, 1915

| type_species = Epimys hindei

| type_species_authority = Thomas, 1902

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = Aethomys bocagei
Aethomys chrysophilus
Aethomys granti
Aethomys hindei
Aethomys ineptus
Aethomys kaiseri
Aethomys namaquensis
Aethomys nyikae
Aethomys silindensis
Aethomys stannarius
Aethomys thomasi

}}

Aethomys is a genus of rodent from Africa.{{cite journal | last1=Chimimba | first1=Christian T. | last2=Dippenaar | first2=Nico J. | last3=Robinson | first3=Terence J. | title=Morphometric and morphological delineation of southern African species of Aethomys (Rodentia: Muridae) | journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume=67 | issue=4 | date=1999 | doi=10.1111/j.1095-8312.1999.tb01944.x | doi-access=free | pages=501–527 | url=https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-pdf/67/4/501/14073205/j.1095-8312.1999.tb01944.x.pdf}} They are commonly referred to as rock rats, bush rats or rock mice.