Brants's Whistling Rat
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Parotomys brantsii (A. Smith, 1834) |
Brants's Whistling Rat (Parotomys brantsii) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and pastureland.
[edit] References
- Coetzee, N. 2004. Parotomys brantsii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.