HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Oxymycterus
SPECIES Oxymycterus hispidus
Author: | Pictet, 1843. | Citation: | Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve, 10: 212. | Common Name: | Hispid Hocicudo | Type Locality: | Brazil, Bahia State, Bahia. | Distribution: | SE Brazil. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | A large-sized species traditionally thought to include judex, misionalis and quaestor as synonyms (Cabrera, 1961; Musser and Carleton, 1993; Reig, 1987); see account of O. quaestor. Emended diagnosis and documentation of geographic range required. |
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