Thryonomys swinderianus

(Temminck, 1827)

Greater Cane Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : incertae sedis
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.a, RMNH.MAM.25764.b

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://www.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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Thryonomys swinderianus raptorum

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

raptorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.3.18.39

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/98ba53f4-386c-40f6-9b96-dfdc2fc10c51

Authority page

392

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15690139

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Thryonomys swinderianus angolae

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

angolae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.4.27.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/59b3f2bf-693e-4285-9bd9-35eba89fdfcf

Authority page

392

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15690139

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Thryonomys arkelli

Bate, 1947

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

arkelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:PV:M 16339

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

65

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Aulacodus swinderianus

(Temminck, 1827)

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

swinderianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.25764.a, RMNH.MAM.25764.b

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

Lesson (1842:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

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

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

Thryonomys logani

Romer & Nesbitt, 1930

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

logani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WM 2202

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

688

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

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)

Thryonomys calamophagus

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

calamophagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

938

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988179

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1898:938, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)

Thryonomys swinderenianus

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

swinderenianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

938

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988179

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1898:938, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)

Thamnomys Swindernianus

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

swindernianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439558

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Thryonomys Swindernianus

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

swindernianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439562

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Tryonomys swinderianus

R. Zimara, 1935

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

swinderianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Zimara (1935:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)

Thryonomys swinderianus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

swinderianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

195

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Happold (2013:688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21847/115163896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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 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, 1897)

Family

Thryonomyidae

Root name

calamophagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42894945

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

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