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Thryonomys swinderianus (Greater canerat)

grootrietrot, rietrot [Afrikaans]; Grosse Rohrratte [German]; awacode grand [French]; ivondo [isiNdebele]; ivondwe [isiZulu]; tswidi [Sesotho]; sepoopoo, letswidi, tlhekge, lebodi [Setswana]; tsenzi [Shona]; livondo [siSwati]; nhleti [Xitsonga]; tshedzi [Tshivenda]; siumbi [Lozi]; unsenze [Yei]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Euarchontaglires > Glires > Rodentia (rodents) > Hystricognathi > Family: Thryonomyidae (canerats)