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title: "Brants' fluitrat"
description: "Parotomys brantsii — Zoogdieren. Brants's whistling rat or Brants' whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) is one of two species of murid rodent in the genus Parotomys."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/brants-s-whistling-rat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brants' fluitrat

> Parotomys brantsii — Zoogdieren. Brants's whistling rat or Brants' whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) is one of two species of murid rodent in the genus Parotomys.

- Scientific name: *Parotomys brantsii*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `farm` (Boerderij), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 160
- Wikidata: [Q1761613](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1761613)
- iNaturalist taxon: [45447](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/45447)

## Names

- en: Brants's Whistling Rat
- fr: Rat de Brant
- nl: Brants' fluitrat
- pl: Gwizdkor hotentocki

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (92), BW (7)

## Summary

Brants's whistling rat or Brants' whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) is one of two species of murid rodent in the genus Parotomys. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and pastureland. It was first described in 1834 by the Scottish zoologist Andrew Smith who named it in honour of the Dutch zoologist and author Anton Brants.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brants%27s_whistling_rat

## Photo

![Brants' fluitrat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brants-s-whistling-rat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Prince Molokomme · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/390914722

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brants-s-whistling-rat?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).