Brants's whistling rat
| Brants's whistling rat | |
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| Brants's whistling rat in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Parotomys |
| Species: | P. brantsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Parotomys brantsii (A. Smith, 1834) | |
Brants's whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) is one of two species of Murid rodent in the genus Parotomys. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and pastureland.
References
- Coetzee, N. 2004. Parotomys brantsii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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