Long-nosed Hocicudo

Long-nosed Hocicudo
Long-nosed Hocicudo
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Oxymycterus
Species: O. nasutus
Binomial name
Oxymycterus nasutus
Waterhouse, 1837

The Long-nosed Hocicudo, Oxymycterus nasutus, is a South American rodent species found in southeastern Brazil and Uruguay.[1] It hunts grubs and worms under the cover of leaves, logs, and stones. It has a long, flexible nose, and usually utilizes the tunnels and pathways created by other rodents.

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