Toromys rhipidurus

(O. Thomas, 1928)

Peruvian 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

Thomas, O. 1928-09-01. 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 (10)2(9):285-294.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932808672879

Original name as described

Echimys rhipidurus

Other common names

Peruvian Armored Tree-rat · Peruvian Tree-rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1928.7.21.89

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fca1763c-f829-44c3-bfac-a09cf4890914

Type locality

"Pebas, 300' [= 92 m]," Loreto, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Peru · Ecuador?

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001443

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.

Echimys rhipidurus

(O. Thomas, 1928)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

rhipidurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1928.7.21.89

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fca1763c-f829-44c3-bfac-a09cf4890914

Authority page

291

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Woods (1993:792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)

Makalata rhipidura

(C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

rhipidurus

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 (2006:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2993)

Makalata rhipidurus

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

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

rhipidurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57363276

Authority publication

Arquivos do Museu Nacional

Name usages

Iack-Ximenes, Vivo & Percequillo (2005:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57363276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3015)

Toromys rhipidurus

D. E. Wilson, Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

rhipidurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

592

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Emmons & Fabre (2018:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57592973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34927)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/90386329/22206649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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