Oxymycterus
Taxonavigation
Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus:
Species (18):
O. akodontius –
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 –
O. willkaurco
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.
- Peçanha, W.T., Quintela, F.M., Jorge Ribas, L.E., Althoff, S.L., Maestri, R., Gonçalves, G.L. & Freitas, T.R.O. 2019. A new species of Oxymycterus (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from a transitional area of Cerrado – Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 100(2): 578–598. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz060 Reference page.
- Zeballos, H., Medina, C.E., Rico-Cernohorska, A. & Salazar-Bravo, J. 2021. Una especie nueva de Oxymycterus (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Akodontini) del sureste de Perú. Mastozoología Neotropical 28(1): e0545. DOI: 10.31687/saremMN.21.28.1.0.26 Reference page.
Vernacular names
- English: Hocicudos