Oxymycterus wayku

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

• Oxymycterus wayku Jayat, D’Elía, Pardiñas, Miotti & Ortiz, 2008: 40

Holotype: CML 7247, juvenile ♂, skin, skull, skeleton, and tissues in alcohol.

Type locality: “Argentina, Province of Tucumán, Department of Trancas, 10 km by road south of Hualinchay on the trail to Lara (26 19′20.2″S, 65 36′45.5″W, 2316 m).”

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Ravine Hocicudo