- Hocicudo
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Hocicudos
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - RecentScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Superfamily: Muroidea Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Sigmodontinae Tribe: Akodontini Genus: Oxymycterus
Waterhouse, 1837Species Oxymycterus akodontius
Oxymycterus amazonicus
Oxymycterus angularis
Oxymycterus caparaoe
Oxymycterus dasytrichus
Oxymycterus delator
Oxymycterus hiska
Oxymycterus hispidus
Oxymycterus hucucha
Oxymycterus inca
Oxymycterus josei
Oxymycterus nasutus
Oxymycterus paramensis
Oxymycterus quaestor
Oxymycterus roberti
Oxymycterus rufus
Oxymycterus waykuOxymycterus 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, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000828.
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