found: Work cat.: Fantodji, Agathe. L'élevage d'aulacodes, 2004:p. 3 of cover (cane rats; rodents that live in African forests and savannahs; its meat is highly appreciated)
found: Animal diversity Web site, May 24, 2006(Family Thryonomyidae (cane rats); Genus Thryonomys (cane rats). Thryonomyidae contains 2 species placed in a single genus (Thryonomys). At present, its members are distributed over Africa south of the Sahara. In the past, cane rats were much more broadly distributed; fossil thryonomyids have been found in Asia and Europe as well as Africa.)
found: MSW scientific names search, May 24, 2006(Family Thryonomyidae, common name: Cane Rats; Thryonomys, common name: Cane Rats, original name: Aulacodus, synonyms: Aulacodus, Choermys, Triaulacodus)
found: Web. 3(cane rat, so called for its feeding on sugarcane; African rodent (thryonomys swinderianus or related species) related to the porcupine; also called ground pig)
found: Encyc. of mammals:v. 3, p. 682 (cane rats or grasscutters, Family Thryonomyidae)
