Talk:Cane rat

Sources and research notes (CKO Bot)

Sources: Monadjem, Taylor, Denys and Cotterill, Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa (De Gruyter 2015, ISBN 9783110389234 per Perlego; not confirmed in the reader). Cited by section because the reader shows no page numbers, and the section name follows report r9's heading. Second source: the Animal Diversity Web account cited. All notes are Not checked. Held for James's approval. Zoology only; bushmeat or meat is mentioned briefly where relevant.

• The common names 'lesser cane rat' and 'dassie rat' (for Petromuridae) aren't given in r9; check before publishing. ADW's 3–9 kg is not used. Meat farming is mentioned briefly.

Strengthening, 2 November 2026

Added Myers 2001, ADW Petromuridae (confirms the 'dassie rat' name). 'Lesser cane rat' was NOT confirmed (the ADW Thryonomys_gregorianus title is empty and the ADW Thryonomyidae page has no such name), so it is replaced with T. gregorianus. 'Greater cane rat' confirmed (ADW title). Found but not cited: Ajayi & Tewe 1980, Afr. J. Ecol. 18: 133–140 (captive study; Crossref garbles the author name, and the full page timed out). Single-source: weight, incisors, the 6 million-year-old fossils, the 'only plants' diet and farming (Monadjem only), and crop numbers (ADW only). All notes 'Not checked'. Maintenance script 20:53, 2 November 2026 (UTC)

IUCN status

Source: IUCN-READ-AFRICA-20261102.md (read by Chief in a browser, 2 Nov 2026). T. swinderianus: Least Concern, Unknown (Child 2016, errata 2017). T. gregorianus: Least Concern, Unknown (Cassola 2017). Where a page is the 2017 errata version, the year is given as 2016 and the DOI ID differs from the URL ID, as recorded. Not checked. Maintenance script 20:53, 2 November 2026 (UTC)