Oxymycterus
| Hocicudos Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent | |
|---|---|
| Oxymycterus nasutus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Akodontini |
| Genus: | Oxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Mus nasutus Waterhouse, 1837 | |
| Species | |
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Oxymycterus is a genus of rat-like rodents commonly known as hocicudos. They are endemic to South America. As of April 2019, the genus contains the following 16 species:
- O. akodontius Thomas, 1921 Argentine hocicudo
- O. amazonicus Herzhkovitz, 1994 Amazon hocicudo
- O. angularis Thomas, 1909 angular hocicudo
- O. caparaoe Hershkovitz, 1998 Caparao hocicudo
- O. dasytrichus (Schinz, 1821) Atlantic Forest hocicudo
- O. delator Thomas, 1903 spy hocicudo
- O. hiska Hinojosa, Anderson & Patton, 1987 small hocicudo
- O. hispidus Pictet, 1843 hispid hocicudo
- O. hucucha Hinojosa, Anderson & Patton, 1987 Quechuan hocicudo
- O. inca Thomas, 1900 Incan hocicudo
- O. itapeby Peçanha et al. 2019 Itapevi hocicudo
- O. josei Hoffmann, Lessa & Smith, 2002 Cook's hocicudo
- O. nasutus (Waterhouse, 1837) long-nosed hocicudo
- O. paramensis Paramo hocicudo
- O. quaestor Thomas, 1903 Quaestor hocicudo
- O. roberti Thomas, 1901 Robert's hocicudo
- O. rufus (Fischer, 1814) red hocicudo
- O. wayku Jayat et al., 2008 ravine hocicudo