Thryonomys swinderianus

(Temminck, 1827)

Greater Cane Rat

Also as Cutting-grass|Grass Cutter|Marsh Cane Rat.
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Location:Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, HeimatZoo Schönebeck (Elbe)Date taken:Sep 19, 2003

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4963

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Parvorder : Phiomorpha
Family : Thryonomyidae
Genus : Thryonomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1827. Livraison 7. Pp. 245–268 in Temminck, C.J. Monographies de Mammalogie. G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne, Paris, 268 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=Ig9jAAAAcAAJ

Original name as described

Aulacodus swinderianus

Other common names

Cutting-grass · Grass Cutter · Marsh Cane Rat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.25764

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.25764.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.25764.b

Type locality

no type locality given.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Mali · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · South Africa · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001294

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 21 names and synonyms.

Aulacodus Swinderanus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

swinderanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207716

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Aulacodus swinderianus

(Temminck, 1827)

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

swinderianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.25764

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.25764.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.25764.b

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Bennett (1831:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67694)
  3. Blyth (1840:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  4. Lesson (1842:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Wagner (1843:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38188)
  6. Peters (1852:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  7. Murray (1866:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  8. Fitzinger (1867:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  9. Peters (1867:886, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17189)
  10. Trouessart (1881:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36771)
  11. Rochebrune (1883:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  12. Noack (1887:222, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67855)
  13. Bocage (1890:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39321606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68678)

Aulacodus Swinderenianus

(Wagler, 1830)

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

swinderenianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965762

Authority publication

Munich

Name usages

Wagler (1830:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)

Aulacodus variegatus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1852)

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

variegatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

138

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Aulacodus semipalmatus

(von Heuglin, 1864)

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

semipalmatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 1089

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45611089

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1881:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36771)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Thryonomys semipalmatus

Fitzinger, 1867

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

semipalmatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

141

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476827

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1867:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  2. Trouessart (1897:614, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  3. Trouessart (1904:497, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Aulacodus swindernianus

(P. L. Sclater, 1872)

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

swindernianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037850

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Sclater (1872:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  2. Thomas (1890:449, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31014650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35263)
  3. Parsons (1894:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69210)

Aulacodus swinderenianus

(O. Thomas, 1894)

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

swinderenianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19242556

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Matschie (1895:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Aulacodus calamophagus

(de Beerst in de Pousargues, 1897)

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

calamophagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN:type:409a, MNHN-ZM-MO-1897-651 (= MNHN:type:409) (= MNHN "1841a")

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

162

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42894947

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Thryonomys calamophagus

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

calamophagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

614

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435158

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:614, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Thomas (1898:938, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  3. Trouessart (1904:497, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

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