FIG. 4 in A Review of the Pattonomys/Toromys Clade (Rodentia: Echimyidae), with Descriptions of a New Toromys Species and a New Genus

FIG. 4. Pelage of dorsum at rump. A, Leiuromys occasius. FMNH 84529, high density of sharply pointed spines and fine, wavy red underhairs; B, Pattonomys semivillosus USNM 280204, dense, more tapered, white-tipped spines, abundant pale bristles, straight ochraceous underhairs; C, Makalata cf. didelphoides USNM 549593, agouti pelage, sparser narrowly buff-tipped spines, tapered hairlike spine tips; D, Toromys grandis AMNH 94036, thick bristles, no spines; E, T. rhipidurus AMNH 73273, fine-banded agouti bristles; F, T. sp. nov., narrow aristiforms and a few narrow spines with hairlike tips, abundant thin, agouti bristles. The resemblance between Toromys congeners is evident. Spine tips are more sharply tapered in A than in B.