Parotomys littledalei

O. Thomas, 1918

Littledale'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

Thomas, O. 1918-08-31. A revised classification of the Otomyinae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)2(9):203-211.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22103088

Original name as described

Parotomys (Liotomys) littledalei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1912.4.25.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d96b631d-5187-4683-aae7-3722ff56c035

Type locality

"Tuin, Kenhardt," Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Namibia · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003421

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.

Parotomys (Liotomys) littledalei

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Muridae

Root name

littledalei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.4.25.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d96b631d-5187-4683-aae7-3722ff56c035

Authority page

205

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22103088

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16271/115133028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Parotomys (Liotomys) littledalei namibensis

A. Roberts, 1933

Family

Muridae

Root name

namibensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 4327

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

268

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Parotomys (Liotomys) littledalei molopensis

A. Roberts, 1933

Family

Muridae

Root name

molopensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6917

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)

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