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. akodontiusThomas, 1921 Argentine hocicudo ^[2]
• O. amazonicusHerzhkovitz, 1994 ^[3] Amazon hocicudo ^[4]
• O. angularisThomas, 1909 angular hocicudo ^[5]
• O. caparaoeHershkovitz, 1998 Caparao hocicudo ^[6]
• O. dasytrichus(Schinz, 1821) Atlantic Forest hocicudo ^{[7] [8]}
• O. delatorThomas, 1903 spy hocicudo ^{[9] [10]}
• O. hiskaHinojosa, Anderson & Patton, 1987 small hocicudo ^{[11] [12]}
• O. hispidusPictet, 1843 hispid hocicudo ^[12]
• O. hucuchaHinojosa, Anderson & Patton, 1987 Quechuan hocicudo ^{[13] [12]}
• O. incaThomas, 1900 Incan hocicudo ^{[14] [15]}
• O. itapebyPeçanha et al. 2019 Itapevi hocicudo ^[1]
• O. joseiHoffmann, Lessa & Smith, 2002 ^[16] Cook's hocicudo ^[17]
• O. nasutus(Waterhouse, 1837) long-nosed hocicudo ^{[18] [19]}
• O. paramensis Paramo hocicudo ^{[20] [21]}
• O. quaestorThomas, 1903 Quaestor hocicudo ^{[22] [23]}
• O. robertiThomas, 1901 Robert's hocicudo ^[23]
• O. rufus(Fischer, 1814) red hocicudo ^{[24] [25]}
• O. waykuJayat et al., 2008 ravine hocicudo ^[26]

Citations

1. 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 .
2. Hershkovitz 1994, pp. 26–27.
3. Hershkovitz 1994, pp. 23–26.
4. de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 250–251.
5. Hershkovitz 1994, pp. 27–26.
6. de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 251–252.
7. de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 252–254.
8. Hershkovitz 1994, p. 28.
9. de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 254–255.
10. Hershkovitz 1994, pp. 28–29.
11. de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 254–256.
12. Hershkovitz 1994, p. 30.
13. de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 256–257.
14. de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 257–258.
15. Hershkovitz 1994, p. 31.
16. Hoffmann, Lessa & Smith 2002.
17. de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 258–259.
18. de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, p. 260.
19. Hershkovitz 1994, p. 33.
20. de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 261–263.
21. Hershkovitz 1994, pp. 33–34.
22. de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 263–264.
23. Hershkovitz 1994, p. 34.
24. de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 264–267.
25. Hershkovitz 1994, pp. 35–36.
26. de Oliveira & Gonçalves 2015, pp. 267–268.

References

• 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. hdl: 10533/142023 . 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.