| Greater cane rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Thryonomyidae |
| Genus: | Thryonomys |
| Species: | T. swinderianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck, 1827)
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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.
- ^ Hoffmann, M. (2008). "Thryonomys swinderianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
- ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1545. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.