Hocicudo
| Hocicudos Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Akodontini |
| Genus: | Oxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837 |
| Species | |
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Oxymycterus akodontius | |
Oxymycterus is the genus of hocicudos. They are rat-like animals endemic to South America.
Species listing:
- O. akodontius Argentine Hocicudo
- O. amazonicus Amazon Hocicudo
- O. angularis Angular Hocicudo
- O. caparaoe Caparao Hocicudo
- O. dasytrichus Atlantic Forest Hocicudo
- O. delator Spy Hocicudo
- O. hiska Small Hocicudo
- O. hispidus Hispid Hocicudo
- O. hucucha Quechuan Hocicudo
- O. inca Incan Hocicudo
- O. josei Cook's Hocicudo
- O. nasutus Long-nosed Hocicudo
- O. paramensis Paramo Hocicudo
- O. quaestor Quaestor Hocicudo
- O. roberti Robert's Hocicudo
- O. rufus Red Hocicudo
- O. wayku
References
- David Macdonald (2001). The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198508239.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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.
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