Brants's whistling rat

Brants's whistling rat
	In Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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
	Euryotis brantsii A. Smith, 1834; 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) is one of two species of murid rodent in the genus Parotomys. 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.

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