Brants's whistling rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Brants's whistling rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Parotomys brantsii
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the Brants's whistling rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Brants's whistling rat in 1 country or territory across Africa.

South Africa

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Brants's whistling rat endangered?

The Brants's whistling rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Brants's whistling rat?

The Brants's whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Parotomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Brants's whistling rat

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brants's whistling rat (revision 1313806788), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1761613 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).