Family THRYONOMYIDAE

(CANE RATS)

• large-sized rodents, with stocky bodies covered with spiny hair, short tails and ears, and orange powerful three-grooved upper incisors.

• 50-95 cm.

• Afrotropical Region.

• Grassland habitats.

• 1 genus, 2 species, 2 taxa.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.