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Torós
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Torós

Isothrix

The toros or brush-tailed rats, genus Isothrix, are a group of spiny rats found in tropical South America, particularly in the Amazon Basin.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Yellow-crowned Toró

speciesIsothrix bistriata

Río Negro Toró

speciesIsothrix negrensis

Brown's Toró

speciesIsothrix barbarabrownae

Sinnamary Toró

speciesIsothrix sinnamariensis

Plain Toró

speciesIsothrix pagurus

Orinoco Toró

speciesIsothrix orinoci

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43984.