Oxymycterus nigrifrons

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

• Oxymycterus nigrifrons Osgood, 1944: 197

Holotype: FMNH 52629, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Limbani, Puno, Inambari drainage, Peru. Altitude about 9,000 feet.”

References

Primary references

• Osgood, W.H. 1944. Nine new South American rodents. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History. Zoological series 29(13): 191–204. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Elfin Forest Hocicudo