| Littledale's whistling rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Parotomys |
| Species: | P. littledalei
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| Binomial name | |
| Parotomys littledalei Thomas, 1918
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Littledale's whistling rat (Parotomys littledalei) is one of two species of murid rodent in the genus Parotomys, the other being Brants's whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii).[2] It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and temperate desert.[3]
- ^ Coetzee, N.; Griffin, M. (2008). "Parotomys littledalei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T16271A5594420. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T16271A5594420.en.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Schradin C, Pillay N, Kerley GIH, Child MF (2016). "A conservation assessment of Parotomys littledalei" (PDF). The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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