Toromys albiventris

L. H. Emmons & P.-H. Fabre, 2018

White-bellied Toro

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Echimyinae
Tribe : Echimyini
Genus : Toromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Emmons, L.H. and Fabre, P.-H. 2018-03-09. A review of the Pattonomys/Toromys clade (Rodentia: Echimyidae), with descriptions of a new Toromys species and a new genus. American Museum Novitates 3894:1-52.

Original name as described

Toromys albiventris

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:55483

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Yarinacocha (8° 21' 00" S, 74° 35' 24" W), 155 m, Ucayali, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Emmons, L. H., & Fabre, P. H. (2018). A review of the Pattonomys/Toromys clade (Rodentia: Echimyidae), with descriptions of a new Toromys species and a new genus. American Museum Novitates, 2018(3894), 1-52.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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