Parotomys

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)

Parotomys Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent
Brants's whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii)
Scientific classification
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