Oenomys is a genus of Africanrodents. Known as rufous-nosed rats or rusty-nosed rats, they occur from Sierra Leone east to Ethiopia and as far south as northern Angola. The nose is reddish, or at least the cheeks, which suggested both the English and scientific names (oeno- means "wine-colored" and -mys denotes a mouselike animal).
oenomys, genus, african, rodents, known, rufous, nosed, rats, rusty, nosed, rats, they, occur, from, sierra, leone, east, ethiopia, south, northern, angola, nose, reddish, least, cheeks, which, suggested, both, english, scientific, names, oeno, means, wine, co. Oenomys is a genus of African rodents Known as rufous nosed rats or rusty nosed rats they occur from Sierra Leone east to Ethiopia and as far south as northern Angola The nose is reddish or at least the cheeks which suggested both the English and scientific names oeno means wine colored and mys denotes a mouselike animal OenomysTemporal range Late Pliocene to RecentOenomys hypoxanthusScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass MammaliaOrder RodentiaFamily MuridaeTribe ArvicanthiniGenus OenomysThomas 1904Type speciesMus hypoxanthusSpeciesSee textGenus Oenomys rufous nosed rats Common rufous nosed rat Oenomys hypoxanthus Pucheran 1855 Oenomys hypoxanthus albiventris Eisentraut 1968 Ghana rufous nosed rat Oenomys ornatus Thomas 1911 Oenomys tiercelini This Murinae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oenomys amp oldid 1109016713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
