Greater Cane Rat

Thryonomys swinderianus

Order

Rodentia

Family

Thryonomyidae

Genus

Thryonomys

IUCN status

LC

Distribution

Senegal|Gambia|Guinea-Bissau|Guinea|Sierra Leone|Liberia|Cote d'Ivoire|Mali|Burkina Faso|Ghana|Togo|Benin|Nigeria|Cameroon|Chad|Central African Republic|Equatorial Guinea|Gabon|Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Angola|South Sudan|Uganda|Kenya|Rwanda|Burundi|Tanzania|Zambia|Zimbabwe|Botswana|Malawi|Mozambique|Namibia|South Africa|Eswatini

Realm

Afrotropic

Other names: Cutting-grass|Grass Cutter|Marsh Cane Rat