Greater cane rat

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Name (Latin)
Greater cane rat
Other forms of name
Great cane rat
Thryonomys swinderianus
See Also From tracing topical name
Cane rats
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q932685
Library of congress: sh2006002531
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Velde, M. L'élevage d'aulacodes, 2004:p. 16 (grand aulacode ; scientific name, Thryonomys swinderianus; genus, Thryonomys; species, swinderianus named after Van Swinderen of Groningen, Netherlands)
  • MSW scientific names search, May 24, 2006(Thryonomys swinderianus, common name: Greater Cane Rat)
  • Animal diversity Web site, May22, 2006(Species Thryonomys swinderianus (greater cane rat))
  • Wilson, D.E. Common names of mammals of the world, 2000:p. 163 (Thryonomys swinderianus, Greater cane rat)
  • Grzimek's encyc. of mammals, 199):v. 3, p. 308 (Great cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus))
  • Britannica Micro.(cane rat: either of 2 species of large African rodents making up the genus Thryonomys of family Thryonomyidae. The two species are the great cane rat (T. swinderianus) and the lesser cane rat (T. gregorianus).)