Brants's whistling rat

Brants's whistling rat
In Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 range
Synonyms[3]
  • Euryotis brantsii A. Smith, 1834[2]
  • P. deserti Roberts, 1933
  • P. luteolus (Thomas and Schwann, 1904)
  • P. pallida (Wagner, 1841)
  • P. rufifrons (Rüppell, 1842)

Brants's whistling rat or Brants' whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii)[1][3] is one of two species of murid rodent in the genus Parotomys.[4] It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and pastureland. It was first described in 1834 by the Scottish zoologist Andrew Smith who named it in honour of the Dutch zoologist and author Anton Brants.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cassola, F. & Child, M.F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Parotomys brantsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16270A115132900. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16270A115132900.en.
  2. ^ Rookmaaker, L. C.; Meester, J.; Meester, J. (1988). "Euryotis brantsii A. Smith, 1834 (currently Parotomys brantsii; Mammalia, Rodentia): proposed conservation of the specific name". Biodiversity Heritage Library. 45: 43–44. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.567.
  3. ^ a b Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Parotomys brantsii". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). 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.
  4. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Parotomys". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). 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.
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. JHU Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3.