Grasscutter & Grasscutter Soup

[John McChesney-Young]

In one of his typically fascinating and informative posts, Barry
Popik wrote in passing:

>... I still have no idea what a "grasscutter" is >>

The Giant Cane Rat, genus _Thryonomys_:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/thryonomys/t._swinderianus

http://books.nap.edu/books/030904295X/html/234.html (with photo)

According to the latter page, there are two species that go by the
popular name "grasscutter": _T. swinderianus_ and _T. gregorianus_.

John
--


*** John McChesney-Young  **  panis at pacbell.net  **   Berkeley,
California, U.S.A.  ***