Toromys grandis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Echimyidae
Subfamilia: Echimyinae
Genus: Toromys
Species: Toromys grandis

Name

• Toromys grandis (Wagner, 1845)

Holotype: NMW 920, sex unknown but probably ♂, a skin with missing distal tail and skull without rostrum.

Type locality: “vom Amazonenstrom,” but according to the catalogue “Manaqueri im Mündungsbereich des Rio Solimões” (Pelzeln (1883: 63); now Manaquiri, lower Rio Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil.

Combinations

• Loncheres grandis Wagner, 1845: 146 [original combination]
• Echimys (Echimys) grandis: Trouessart, 1904: 503 [subsequent combination]
• Makalata grandis: Emmons & Feer, 1997: 236 [subsequent combination]
• Toromys grandis: Iack-Ximenes, de Vivo & Percequillo, 2005: 91 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Wagner, J.A. 1845. Diagnosen einiger neuen Arten von Nägern und Handflügern. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11: 145–149.
• Iack- Ximenes, G.E., de Vivo, M. & Percequillo, A.R. 2005. A new genus for Loncheres grandis Wagner, 1845, with taxonomic comments on other arboreal echimyids (Rodentia, Echimyidae). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63(1): 89–112. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Emmons, L.H., Leite, Y.L.R. & Patton, J.L. 2015. Genus Toromys Iack-Ximenes, de Vivo, and Percequillo, 2005. Pp. 929–931 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page. 
• Emmons, L.H. & Fabre, P.-H. 2018. A revision of the Pattonomys/Toromys clade (Rodentia: Echimyidae), with descriptions of a new Toromys species and a new genus. American Museum Novitates 3894: 1–52. handle. Reference page. 

Links

• Makalata grandis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Cassola, F. 2016. IUCN: Toromys grandis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T6981A22212728. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6981A22212728.en

Vernacular names

English: Black Toro, Giant Tree Rat