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 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 in the flooded forest along the banks of the Amazon River and its tributaries. This species was formerly considered to be a member of the genera "Loncheres" and "Makalata". In 2005 it was reclassified as the only member of the new genus "Toromys". The etymology of the genus name derives from the onomatopoeic Portuguese word , referring to the vocalizations of this rodent, and the