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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Oxymycterus
SPECIES Oxymycterus caparoae
| Author: | Hershkovitz, 1998. | | Citation: | Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 47: 244. | | Common Name: | Mt Caparaó Hocicudo | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Minas Gerais State, Parque Nacional de Caparaó, Arrozal, 2400 m. | | Distribution: | Humid montane forest and secondary vegetation, 1800-2700 m, E Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo to Rio de Janeiro, SE Brazil (see Bonvicino et al., 1998b). | | Comments: | A medium species similar to O. paramensis and O. nasutus; level of differentiation from latter should be reevaluated in the context of a full generic revision. |
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