Parotomys brantsii

(A. Smith, 1834)

Brants's Whistling Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Otomyini
Genus : Parotomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smith, A. 1834. African Zoology. South African Quarterly Journal (2)2(2):145-160.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968268

Original name as described

Euryotis brantsii

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1841.803 (= BMNH:Mamm:158a) (= BMNH:Mamm:764c)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/91fef6e2-beb5-4813-ae93-aad63e97e7c5

Type locality

"South Africa,—plains of the interior." Fixed by O. Thomas and H. Schwann in 1904 as "Klipfontein," Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Namibia · Botswana · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003420

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Euryotis brantsii

(A. Smith, 1834)

Family

Muridae

Root name

brantsii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.803 (= BMNH:Mamm:158a) (= BMNH:Mamm:764c)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/91fef6e2-beb5-4813-ae93-aad63e97e7c5

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968268

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Otomys brantsii luteolus

(O. Thomas & Schwann, 1904)

Family

Muridae

Root name

luteolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.9.1.47

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/224ac3d5-f04f-47ee-8ebd-2d0381fb52de

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31887233

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Euryotis rufifrons

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Family

Muridae

Root name

rufifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:796

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

507

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060734

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Parotomys brantsi deserti

A. Roberts, 1933

Family

Muridae

Root name

deserti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6916

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

267

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Euryotis pallida

(J. A. Wagner, 1841)

Family

Muridae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

436

Authority publication

Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Otomys Brantsi

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Family

Muridae

Root name

brantsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439540

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Otomys Brantsi luteolus

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Family

Muridae

Root name

luteolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439540

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Parotomys brantsi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

brantsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

159

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Parotomys brantsii

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

brantsii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:747) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16270/115132900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arctomys vigil

(Thunberg, 1811)

Family

Muridae

Root name

vigil

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

partially_suppressed

Authority page

308

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767802

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Thunberg (1811:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)

Otomys rufifrons

(Rüppell, 1842)

Family

Muridae

Root name

rufifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886835

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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