Alternative spelling: Aethomys
Full reference: O. Thomas. 1915. List of Mammals (exclusive of Ungulata) collected on the Upper Congo by Dr. Christy for the Congo Museum, Tervueren. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(16):465-481
Parent taxon: Epimys according to O. Thomas 1915
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Rattus exulans, Rattus flavipectus, Rattus latidens, Rattus norvegicus, Rattus rattus, Rattus sabanus, Epimys (Mastomys)
Subtaxa: Epimys (Aethomys) kaiseri Epimys (Aethomys) longicaudatus
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (3 collections), Kenya (4), South Africa (5), Tanzania (5), Zambia (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of South Africa (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 30 collections including 41 occurrences