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.