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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Oxymycterus
SPECIES Oxymycterus paramensis
| Author: | Thomas, 1902. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 9: 139. | | Common Name: | Yungas Hocicudo | | Type Locality: | Bolivia, Cochabamba Dept., upper Río Securé, Choquecamate, 4000 m. | | Distribution: | Middle to upper E Andean slopes, ca. 1000-4000 m, in SE Perú, WC Bolivia, and NW Argentina. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Parenthetically mentioned as a subspecies of rutilans (= O. rufus) by Hershkovitz (1966c) but most systematists have recognized paramensis as a species (Anderson, 1997; Cabrera, 1961; Gyldenstolpe, 1932; Honacki et al., 1982; Musser and Carleton, 1993). Allozymic (Hinososa et al., 1987) and gene-sequence (Hoffmann et al., 2002) analyses support sibling kinship with O. hiska, and the latter study underscores its genetic differentiation from O. rufus. Musser and Carleton (1993) suggested that placement of jacentior with this species merits reconsideration; Cabrera (1961) retained it, nigrifrons, and the nominate form as discernable subspecies, as did Anderson (1997:Fig. 728) for Bolivian populations. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
jacentior Thomas, 1925
nigrifrons Osgood, 1944
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