Oxymycterus dasytrichus

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Atlantic Forest Hocicudo

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Akodontini
Genus : Oxymycterus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schinz, H.R. 1821. Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie. J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 894 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529049

Original name as described

Mus dosytrichos

Other common names

Rato-bubo · Rato-porco · Trioréu

Type material

AMNH MS-559

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-559

Type locality

"Camamú unweit Bahia," Brazil. Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1961 to "Rio Mucuri, Bahia, Brazil" ad further by F. D. de Avila-Pires in 1965 to "lower Rio Mucuri."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

includes angularis, hispidus and roberti, CMW has original spelling dosytrichos, but dasytrichus is in prevailing usage

Taxonomy notes citation

de Oliveira, J.A., & Gonçalves, P.R. 2015. Genus Oxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837. In Patton, J. L., Pardiñas, U. F., & D'Elía, G. . Mammals of South America, volume 2: Rodents (Vol. 2). University of Chicago Press.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002455

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mus dosytrichos

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dasytrichus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

AMNH MS-559

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-559

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529049

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Hypudaeus dasytrichos

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1826)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dasytrichos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Type

AMNH MS-559

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-559

Authority page

425

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32972473

Authority publication

Weimar

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oxymycterus Roberti

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

roberti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.11.3.51

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cafdcd80-47ec-498a-b5cd-5e076162e7f7

Authority page

530

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980608

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15791/115130098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oxymycterus angularis

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

angularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.10.1.56

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/868e0d42-2425-48e6-9da8-97b84897ad49

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097616

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:446, 447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15783/115129406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oxymycterus hispidus

F.-J. Pictet, 1843

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hispidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 250.22, MHNG 275.47a, MHNG 275.47b

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10401852

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15785/115129629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hesperomys [Oxymycterus] rostellatus

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rostellatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 420

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697576

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicola dasytrichos

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dasytrichos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

147

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Oxymycterus rostellatus

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rostellatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

128

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Oxymycterus dosytrichos

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dosytrichos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

465

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Mus hispidulus

(H. R. Schinz, 1845)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hispidulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

179

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oxymycterus dasytrichus

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dasytrichus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

539

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435083

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136813/22378179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oxymycterus rosettellatus

Vorontsov, 1979

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rosettellatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

95 (fig. 47)

Authority publication

New Delhi

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