Oxymycterus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Oxymycterus
Species (16): O. amazonicus – O. caparaoe – O. dasytrichus – O. delator – O. hiska – O. hucucha – O. inca – O. itapeby – O. josei – O. juliacae – O. nasutus – O. nigrifrons – O. paramensis – O. quaestor – O. rufus – O. wayku

Name

• Oxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837: 21

Type species: Mus nasutus Waterhouse, 1837, by original designation.

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.

Additional references

• Hershkovitz, P. 1994. The description of a new species of South American hocicudo, or long-nose mouse, genus Oxymycterus (Sigmodontinae, Muroidea), with a critical review of the generic content. Fieldiana: Zoology 79(1460): 1–43. BHL Reference page. 
• Hoffmann, F.G., Lessa, E.P. & Smith, M.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 Reference page. 
• Gonçalves, P.R. & Oliveira, J.A. 2004. Morphological and genetic variation between two sympatric forms of Oxymycterus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): An evaluation of hypotheses of differentiation within the genus. Journal of Mammalogy 85(1): 148–161. DOI: 10.1644/BER-012
• Jayat, J.P., D’Elía, G., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Miotti, M.D. & Ortiz, P.E. 2008. A new species of the genus Oxymycterus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the vanishing Yungas of Argentina. Zootaxa 1911: 31–51. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Oliveira, J.A. & Gonçalves, P.R. 2015. Genus Oxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837. Pp. 247–268 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Oxymycterus 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.

Vernacular names

English: Hocicudos