Toromys rhipidurus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Holotype: BMNH 28.7.21.89, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Pebas, 300′,” Loreto, Peru.

Echimys rhipidurus Thomas, 1928: 291 [original combination]
Makalata rhipidurus: Emmons & Feer, 1997: 239 [subsequent combination]
M[akalata]. rhipidura: Emmons, 2005: 299 [subsequent combination, gender agreement correction]
Toromys rhipidurus: Emmons, Leite & Patton, 2015: 930 [subsequent combination]

Thomas, O. 1928. The Godman-Thomas expedition to Peru.–viii. On mammals obtained by Mr. Hendee at Pebas and Iquitos, upper Amazons. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 10, 2(9): 285–294. DOI: 10.1080/00222932808672875
Emmons, L.H. 2005. A revision of the genera of arboreal Echimyidae (Rodentia: Echimyidae, Echimyinae), with descriptions of two new genera. Pp. 247–334 In Lacey, E.A. & Myers, P. (eds.). Mammalian diversification: from chromosomes to phylogeography. University of California Publications in Zoology 133: v-viii + 1–383 pp. DOI: 10.1525/california/9780520098534.003.0009 Reference page.
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.

Makalata rhipidura 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.
Vivar, E. & Patterson, B. 2016. IUCN: Toromys rhipidurus (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T90386329A22206649. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T90386329A22206649.en

English: Peruvian Toro