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Parotomys

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Parotomys
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent
Brants's whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Otomyini
Genus: Parotomys
Thomas, 1918
Type species
Euryotis brantsii
Species

Parotomys brantsii
Parotomys littledalei

Parotomys is a small genus of rodent in the family Muridae.[1] Member species are found in the African countries of Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. It contains the following two species:

References

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  1. ^ 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.