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Lesser cane rat
Species of rodent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Thryonomyidae |
Genus: | Thryonomys |
Species: | T. gregorianus |
Binomial name | |
Thryonomys gregorianus (Thomas, 1894) | |
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