Taxonavigation

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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
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Zatheria
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Hystricomorpha
Infraordo: Hystricognathi
Parvordo: Caviomorpha
Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

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

Name

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Black Toro, Giant Tree Rat