Thryonomyidae

Thryonomyidae
Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent
23.7–0 Ma
Greater cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Parvorder: Phiomorpha
Family: Thryonomyidae
Pocock, 1922
Genera

1 living and many extinct, see text

Thryonomyidae is a family of hystricognath rodents that contains the cane rats (Thryonomys) found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, and a number of fossil genera.