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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Oxymycterus
SPECIES Oxymycterus hiska
| Author: | Hinojosa, Anderson, and Patton, 1987. | | Citation: | Am. Mus. Novit., 2898: 14. | | Common Name: | Small Hocicudo | | Type Locality: | Perú, Puno Dept., 14 km W Yanahuaya, 2210 m; 14°19'S, 69°21'W. | | Distribution: | E Andean slopes in SE Peru and NW Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba Depts.), 610-3500. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable | | Comments: | Smallest species of Oxymycterus, morphologically resembling O. hucucha but genetically closer to O. paramensis (Hoffmann et al., 2002). Bolivian records originally reported as O. paramensis (Anderson, 1997) and reidentified by Oliveira (in Salazar-Bravo et al., 2002b). |
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