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Greater cane rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Thryonomyidae
Species : Thryonomys swinderianus
The Greater cane rat is listed as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the greater cane rat
A young / baby of a greater cane rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A greater cane rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.Countries
Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and ZimbabweHabitats
Arable Land, Artificial / Terrestrial, Forest, Grassland, Permanent Rivers / Streams / Creeks (includes waterfalls), Plantations, Seasonal / Intermittent / Irregular Rivers / Streams / Creeks, Shrub Dominated Wetlands, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Grassland, Subtropical / Tropical Moist Lowland and Wetlands (inland)
Facts about the greater cane rat
Greater Cane Rat or Thryonomys swinderianus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . (Full text)
Introduction The grasscutter or cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) is a wild hystricomorph (Full text)
'Bovine' is an ox, so, an extinct ox; 'kobus species' are African antelopes and waterbucks; 'Thryonomys' is of the order of rodents, and thryonomys swinderianus is the great cane rat, grasscutter, common today in Africa south of the Sahara, usually 1-2 feet in body length plus 3-10 inch tail, males weighing close to ten (Full text)
Greater Cane Rat - Thryonomys swinderianus: Among South African rodents, the Greater Cane Rat is second in size and mass only to the porcupine. (Full text)
Greater cane rats are generally reported to be solitary animals, but small groups of 8 - 10 may live in an area of reedbed. (Full text)
The greater cane rat Thryonomys swinderianus is a coprophagous rodent in which fermentation occurs in the large caecum. (Full text)
The grasscutter (cane rat), Thryonomys swinderianus is the favourite species for most people (Baptist & Mensah; 1986). (Full text)
Because of its large size, the African great cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) is valued for food and has become a popular meat in western Africa. (Full text)
The grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) is a rodent of the suborder Hystricomorpha. (Full text)
The cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) is a large African rodent that is very popular as a source of meat in many parts of West and Central Africa. (Full text)