Biology:Parotomys
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Short description: Genus of rodents
Parotomys Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent
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Brants's whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) | |
Scientific 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 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:
- Brants's whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii)
- Littledale's whistling rat (Parotomys littledalei)
References
- ↑ 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. p. 1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001909.
Wikidata ☰ Q617189 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parotomys.
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