Thryonomyidae | |
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Greater cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) | |
Scientific 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.