Psammomys

Psammomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae.

The etymology of the genus name derives from the two Ancient Greek words, meaning "sand", and  , meaning "mouse, rat".

The complete nuclear DNA genome of one Psamomys species, P. obesus, has been sequenced in 2017.

It contains the following species:
 * Fat sand rat, Psammomys obesus
 * Thin sand rat, Psammomys vexillaris