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Genus of rodents From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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:
Parotomys Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent | |
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Brants's whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Otomyini |
Genus: | Parotomys Thomas, 1918 |
Type species | |
Euryotis brantsii | |
Species | |
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