| Lesser 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. gregorianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Thryonomys gregorianus (Thomas, 1894)
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The lesser cane rat (Thryonomys gregorianus) is a species of rodent in the family Thryonomyidae.[2] It is found in Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Mozambique. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and shrub-dominated wetlands.
- ^ Cassola, F. (2017). "Thryonomys gregorianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T21846A22277877. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T21846A22277877.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ 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.