Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents Suborder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 see Infraorder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 Family Thryonomyidae Pocock, 1922 - cane rats Genus Thryonomys Fitzinger, 1867 - cane rats Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck, 1827) - greater cane rat