Greater Cane Rat
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Greater Cane Rat

Thryonomys swinderianus

Overview

Kruger National Park is the atlas place where the Greater Cane Rat is recorded, with records concentrating most heavily in Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, and Ghana. The atlas holds 654 open records of this mammal across ten countries. It is the only member of the Thryonomyidae family represented here, and its records span the full extent of its mapped range.

Records
654
Countries
10
Atlas places
1
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Greater Cane Rat as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Benin
    25 km zone · high confidence · 309 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Nigeria
    25 km zone · high confidence · 135 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Cameroon
    25 km zone · high confidence · 109 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Kenya
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 51 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Ghana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 23 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 14 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 9 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Congo - Kinshasa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Togo
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 1 record · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon
  • Angola
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Rare

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Greater Cane Rat