Parotomys littledalei Thomas 1918

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1531

Parotomys littledalei Thomas 1918

Parotomys littledalei Thomas 1918 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 2: 205.

Type Locality: South Africa, Northern Cape Province, Bushmanland, Kenhardt, Tuin.

Vernacular Names: Littledale's Whistling Rat.

Synonyms: Parotomys molopensis Roberts 1933 ; Parotomys namibensis Roberts 1933 .

Distribution: N Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces, South Africa, to S and W Namibia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Type species of Liotomys , named as a subgenus of Parotomys by Thomas (1918 b) and viewed as a genus by Roberts (1951). Sister species to P. brantsii according to phylogenetic interpretation of allozymic data ( Meester et al., 1992; Taylor et al., 1989). Meester et al. (1986) retained all species-group taxa as subspecies.