Psammomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae.

[1] The etymology of the genus name derives from the two Ancient Greek words ψάμμος (psámmos), meaning "sand", and μῦς (mûs), meaning "mouse, rat".

[2][3] The complete nuclear DNA genome of one Psamomys species, P. obesus, has been sequenced in 2017.

[4] It contains the following species: