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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Oxymycterus
SPECIES Oxymycterus josei
| Author: | Hoffmann, Lessa, and Smith, 2002. | | Citation: | J. Mammal., 83: 411. | | Common Name: | Cook’s Hocicudo | | Type Locality: | Uruguay, Maldonado Dept., Balneario Las Flores, west margin of Arroyo Tarariras. | | Distribution: | SW Uruguay, south of the Río Negro. | | Comments: | A medium-sized species that is morphologically similar to O. nasutus, with which it occurs sympatrically; sister species to O. rufus according to phylogenetic analysis of cytochrome b data (Hoffmann et al., 2002). |
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