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]
| Hocicudos Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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Citations edit
- ^ a b Peçanha, W.T. (April 2019). "A new species of Oxymycterus (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from a transitional area of Cerrado – Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil". Journal of Mammalogy. 100 (2): 578–598. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz060.
- ^ Hershkovitz 1994, pp. 26–27.
- ^ Hershkovitz 1994, pp. 23–26.
- ^ de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 250–251.
- ^ Hershkovitz 1994, pp. 27–26.
- ^ de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 251–252.
- ^ de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 252–254.
- ^ Hershkovitz 1994, p. 28.
- ^ de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 254–255.
- ^ Hershkovitz 1994, pp. 28–29.
- ^ de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 254–256.
- ^ a b c Hershkovitz 1994, p. 30.
- ^ de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 256–257.
- ^ de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 257–258.
- ^ Hershkovitz 1994, p. 31.
- ^ Hoffmann, Lessa & Smith 2002.
- ^ de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 258–259.
- ^ de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, p. 260.
- ^ Hershkovitz 1994, p. 33.
- ^ de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 261–263.
- ^ Hershkovitz 1994, pp. 33–34.
- ^ de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 263–264.
- ^ a b Hershkovitz 1994, p. 34.
- ^ de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 264–267.
- ^ Hershkovitz 1994, pp. 35–36.
- ^ de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 267–268.
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.