Parotomys littledalei Thomas, 1918 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 2:205.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape Province, Bushmanland, Kenhardt, Tuin .

DISTRIBUTION: C and NW Cape Province, South Africa, to S and W Namibia.

SYNONYMS: molopensis, namibensis.

COMMENTS: Type species of Liotomys, named as a subgenus of Parotomys by Thomas (1918b) and viewed as a genus by Roberts (1951).