Oenomys is a genus of Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

n rodent

Rodent

Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....

s. 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).

Genus Oenomys - rufous-nosed rats

• Common Rufous-nosed Rat
  Common Rufous-nosed Rat
  The Common Rufous-nosed Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.Its natural...
  
  , Oenomys hypoxanthus (Pucheran, 1855)
  • Oenomys hypoxanthus albiventris (Eisentraut, 1968)
• Ghana Rufous-nosed Rat
  Ghana Rufous-nosed Rat
  The Ghana Rufous-nosed Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone....
  
  , Oenomys ornatus (Thomas, 1911)
• Oenomys tiercelini