Isothrix Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
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Isothrix bistriata | |
Scientific 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 | |
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]