Oxymycterus
Oxymycterus
Genus of rodents
Oxymycterus is a genus of rat-like rodents commonly known as hocicudos. They are endemic to South America. As of April 2019[update], the genus contains the following 16 species:[1]
- O. akodontius Thomas, 1921 Argentine hocicudo[2]
- O. amazonicus Herzhkovitz, 1994[3] Amazon hocicudo[4]
- O. angularis Thomas, 1909 angular hocicudo[5]
- O. caparaoe Hershkovitz, 1998 Caparao hocicudo[6]
- O. dasytrichus (Schinz, 1821) Atlantic Forest hocicudo[7][8]
- O. delator Thomas, 1903 spy hocicudo[9][10]
- O. hiska Hinojosa, Anderson & Patton, 1987 small hocicudo[11][12]
- O. hispidus Pictet, 1843 hispid hocicudo[12]
- O. hucucha Hinojosa, Anderson & Patton, 1987 Quechuan hocicudo[13][12]
- O. inca Thomas, 1900 Incan hocicudo[14][15]
- O. itapeby Peçanha et al. 2019 Itapevi hocicudo[1]
- O. josei Hoffmann, Lessa & Smith, 2002[16] Cook's hocicudo[17]
- O. nasutus (Waterhouse, 1837) long-nosed hocicudo[18][19]
- O. paramensis Paramo hocicudo[20][21]
- O. quaestor Thomas, 1903 Quaestor hocicudo[22][23]
- O. roberti Thomas, 1901 Robert's hocicudo[23]
- O. rufus (Fischer, 1814) red hocicudo[24][25]
- O. wayku Jayat et al., 2008 ravine hocicudo[26]