| Isothrix Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
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| Isothrix bistriata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Tribe: | Echimyini |
| Genus: | Isothrix Wagner, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Isothrix bistriata | |
| Species | |
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I. barbarabrownae | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lasiuromys Deville, 1852 | |
The toros or brush-tailed rats, genus Isothrix, are a group of spiny rats[1] found in tropical South America, particularly in the Amazon Basin.[2]
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9