Oxymycterus nasutus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Oxymycterus
Species: Oxymycterus nasutus

Name

• Oxymycterus nasutus (Waterhouse, 1837)

Holotype: BMNH 55.12.24.176, adult indet., skin and skull.

Type locality: “Maldonado,” Maldonado Dept., Uruguay.

Combinations

• Mus nasutus Waterhouse, 1837: 16 [original combination]
• O[xymycterus]. nasutus: Pictet, 1843: 211 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Waterhouse, G.R. 1837. Characters of new species of the genus Mus, from the collection of Mr. Darwin. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 15–21, 27–32.
• Pictet, F.-J. 1843. Seconde notice sur les animaux nouveaux ou peu connus du Musée de Genève. Memoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève 10: 201–214 + plates 1–5.

Links

• Oxymycterus nasutus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Oxymycterus nasutus  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Darwin’s Hocicudo, Long-nosed Hocicudo