Parotomys Thomas, 1918 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 2:204.

TYPE SPECIES: Euryotis brantsii A. Smith, 1834 .

SYNONYMS: Liotomys .

COMMENTS: Bohmann (1952) allocated Parotomys as another synonym of an all-inclusive genus Otomys . Maintained as a separate genus by Ellerman (1941) and in most later systematic accounts (Ellerman et al., 1953; Misonne, 1974; De Graaff, 1981; Meester et al., 1986). Roberts (1951) also elevated Liotomys to generic rank. See comments under subfamily.