Parotomys

Parotomys is a small genus of rodent in the family Muridae. Member species are found in the African countries of Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. It contains the following two species:

Parotomys
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent
Brants's whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Parotomys
Thomas, 1918
Species

Parotomys brantsii
Parotomys littledalei

References

  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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