Brants's whistling rat | |
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Brants's whistling rat in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | |
Scientific classification | |
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 (Parotomys brantsii) is one of two species of Murid rodent in the genus Parotomys. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and pastureland.