Species Parotomys littledalei Thomas, 1918 (Littledale's whistling rat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Muridae
  • ----- species: Parotomys littledalei
Characteristics:Herbivore; length: 24 cm; highly variable in colour (reddish-yellow to brown-grey) with lighter underparts;
Countries:
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:

AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
AT1314
Nama Karoo
AT1315
Namib desert
AT1316
Namibian savanna woodlands
AT1322
Succulent Karoo
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References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 128
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