Greater cane rat
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The greater cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus), also known as the grasscutter (in Ghana, Nigeria and other regions of West Africa), is one of two species of cane rats, a small family of African hystricognath rodents.[2] It lives by reed-beds and riverbanks in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Greater cane rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Thryonomyidae |
Genus: | Thryonomys |
Species: | T. swinderianus |
Binomial name | |
Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck, 1827) | |
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