Isothrix

Isothrix
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Isothrix bistriata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

I. barbarabrownae
I. bistriata
I. negrensis
I. pagurus
I. sinnamariensis

Synonyms

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9