title: Parotomys
text: # Parotomys
  
  Parotomys is a small genus of rodent in the family Muridae. Member species are found in the African countries of Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. It contains the following two species:
  
  * Brants's whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii)
  * Littledale's whistling rat (Parotomys littledalei)
  