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Brants's whistling rat at the entrance to a burrow in the sand

Brants's whistling rat

Brants's whistling rats are one of two whistling rat species that live in southern Africa. Their whistle is an alarm call to warn of an approaching predator.

Scientific name: Parotomys brantsii

Rank: Species

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Distribution

Map showing the distribution of the Brants's whistling rat taxa

Species range provided by WWF's Wildfinder.

The Brants's whistling rat can be found in a number of locations including: Africa. Find out more about these places and what else lives there.

Habitats

The following habitats are found across the Brants's whistling rat distribution range. Find out more about these environments, what it takes to live there and what else inhabits them.

Behaviours

Discover what these behaviours are and how different plants and animals use them.

Additional data source: Animal Diversity Web

Conservation Status

Least Concern

  1. EX - Extinct
  2. EW
  3. CR - Threatened
  4. EN - Threatened
  5. VU - Threatened
  6. NT
  7. LC - Least concern

Population trend: Stable

Year assessed: 2008

Classified by: IUCN 3.1

About

Brants's Whistling Rat (Parotomys brantsii) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and pastureland.

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Classification

  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Vertebrates
  4. Mammals
  5. Rodents
  6. Old World rats and mice
  7. Parotomys
  8. Brants's whistling rat

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