Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Thryonomyidae Pocock, 1922 - cane rats
       Genus Thryonomys Fitzinger, 1867 - cane rats
         1 Thryonomys gregorianus (Thomas, 1894) - lesser cane rat
         2 Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck, 1827) - greater cane rat