Toromys grandis

(J. A. Wagner, 1845)

Black 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1845. Diagnosen einiger neuen Arten von Nagern und Handflüglern. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11:145-149.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776496

Original name as described

Loncheres grandis

Other common names

Giant Armored Tree-rat · Giant Tree-rat

Type material

NMW 920

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"vom Amazonenstrom." Restricted by J. Moojen in 1952 to "Manaquiri, lower Rio Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

moved from Makalata to the recently described Toromys

Taxonomy notes citation

Iack- Ximenes, G. E., M. de Vivo, and A. R. Percequillo. 2005. A new genus for Loncheres grandis Wagner, 1845, with taxonomic comments on other arboreal echimyids (Rodentia, Echimyidae). Arq. Mus. Nac.,Rio de Janeiro 63:89– 112.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001442

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Loncheres grandis

(J. A. Wagner, 1845)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 920

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776496

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Echimys grandis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

195

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Makalata grandis

(C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Emmons (2006:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2993)

Toromys grandis

G. E. Iack-Ximenes, de Vivo, & Percequillo, 2005

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57363262

Authority publication

Arquivos do Museu Nacional

Name usages

  1. Iack-Ximenes, Vivo & Percequillo (2005:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57363262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3015)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Emmons & Fabre (2018:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57592976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34927)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6981/22212728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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