Redwood Mountain Grove Redwood Mountain Grove Redwood Mountain Grove is the largest grove of giant sequoia ("Sequoiadendron giganteum") trees on earth. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park and Giant Sequoia National Monument on the western slope of California's Sierra Nevada. The grove contains the world's tallest giant sequoia (). The Hart Tree and Roosevelt Tree grow in the grove and are two of the 25 largest trees by volume in the world. The largest tree is the General Sherman Tree in the Giant Forest grove to the southeast. The Redwood Mountain Grove contains the most giant sequoia trees within its area.
Giant tree-rat ancient greek word (), meaning "mouse, rat". "Toromys" is the sister genus to "Pattonomys". These taxa are closely related to "Echimys", "Phyllomys", and "Makalata", reflecting the fact that "Toromys grandis" and "Pattonomys occasius" have formerly been placed in "Makalata" by some authorities. In turn, these five genera share phylogenetic affinities with a clade containing the bamboo rats "Dactylomys", "Olallamys", "Kannabateomys" together with "Diplomys" and "Santamartamys". Giant tree-rat The giant tree-rat ("Toromys grandis") is a species in the family Echimyidae, the spiny rats. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Toromys. It is endemic to Brazil, where it occurs