Bush rats
The following species and genera of rodents are designated as bush rats :
- Australian bush rat ( Rattus fuscipes )
- African bush rats ( Aethomys )
- Asian bush rats, or coffee rats ( Golunda )
- Hadromys
- Allen's bush rats ( Hodomys )
- Small shrub rats ( Nelsonia )
- American bush rats ( Neotoma )
These genera do not all form a family group, some of them are also coincidental matches of the trivial names.
In older literature, the term "bush rats" is occasionally used for agoutis .
