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Oxymycterus

Hocicudos Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent
Oxymycterus nasutus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Tribe:	Akodontini
Genus:	Oxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837
Type species
Mus nasutus Waterhouse, 1837
Species
Oxymycterus akodontius Oxymycterus amazonicus Oxymycterus angularis Oxymycterus caparaoe Oxymycterus dasytrichus Oxymycterus delator Oxymycterus hiska Oxymycterus hispidus Oxymycterus hucucha Oxymycterus inca Oxymycterus itapeby Oxymycterus josei Oxymycterus nasutus Oxymycterus paramensis Oxymycterus quaestor Oxymycterus roberti Oxymycterus rufus Oxymycterus wayku

Oxymycterus is a genus of rat-like rodents commonly known as hocicudos. They are endemic to South America. As of April 2019^[update], the genus contains the following 16 species:^[1]

• O. akodontius Thomas, 1921 Argentine hocicudo^[2]
• O. amazonicus Herzhkovitz, 1994^[3] Amazon hocicudo^[4]
• O. angularis Thomas, 1909 angular hocicudo^[5]
• O. caparaoe Hershkovitz, 1998 Caparao hocicudo^[6]
• O. dasytrichus (Schinz, 1821) Atlantic Forest hocicudo^[7][8]
• O. delator Thomas, 1903 spy hocicudo^[9][10]
• O. hiska Hinojosa, Anderson & Patton, 1987 small hocicudo^[11][12]
• O. hispidus Pictet, 1843 hispid hocicudo^[12]
• O. hucucha Hinojosa, Anderson & Patton, 1987 Quechuan hocicudo^[13][12]
• O. inca Thomas, 1900 Incan hocicudo^[14][15]
• O. itapeby Peçanha et al. 2019 Itapevi hocicudo^[1]
• O. josei Hoffmann, Lessa & Smith, 2002^[16] Cook's hocicudo^[17]
• O. nasutus (Waterhouse, 1837) long-nosed hocicudo^[18][19]
• O. paramensis Paramo hocicudo^[20][21]
• O. quaestor Thomas, 1903 Quaestor hocicudo^[22][23]
• O. roberti Thomas, 1901 Robert's hocicudo^[23]
• O. rufus (Fischer, 1814) red hocicudo^[24][25]
• O. wayku Jayat et al., 2008 ravine hocicudo^[26]

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References[edit]

• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
• Hershkovitz, Philip (1994). "The Description of a New Species of South American Hocicudo, or Long-Nose Mouth, Genus Oxymycterus (Sigmodontinae, Muroidea), with a Critical Review of Generic Content". Fieldiana: Zoology. New Series. 79: 1–43. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.3351.
• Hoffmann, Federico G.; Lessa, Enrique P.; Smith, Margaret F. (2002). "Systematics of Oxymycterus with Description of a New Species from Uruguay". Journal of Mammalogy. 83 (2): 408–420. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0408:SOOWDO>2.0.CO;2.
• de Oliveira, João; Gonçalves, Pablo R. (2015). "Genus Oxymycterus Waterhose, 1837". In Patton, James L.; Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J.; D'Elía, Guillermo (eds.). Rodents. Mammals of South America. Vol. 2. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. pp. 247–268. doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226169606.001.0001. ISBN 9780226169576.
• Jayat, J. Pablo; D'Elía, Guillermo; Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J.; Miotti, M. Daniela; Ortiz, Pablo E. (2008). "A new species of the genus Oxymycterus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the vanishing Yungas of Argentina". Zootaxa. 1911 (1): 31–51. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1911.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
• Waterhouse, G. B. (1837). "Characteristics of New Species of the Genus Mus, from the Collection of Mr. Darwin". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 5: 15–22. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1837.tb06823.x.