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Parotomys (whistling rats)

Synonyms: Liotomys

Wikipedia Abstract

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: \n* Brants's whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) \n* Littledale's whistling rat (Parotomys littledalei)
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Species

Parotomys brantsii (Brants's Whistling rat) (Attributes)
Parotomys littledalei (Littledale's whistling rat) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0