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1. Certain members of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae:

2. Petromyscus, a southwestern African genus in the subfamily Petromyscinae of the family Nesomyidae (though these are more frequently referred to as rock mice)

3. Aconaemys, a genus in Argentina and Chile, of the family Octodontidae:

4. Petromus, an African genus often called dassie rats, of the family Petromuridae