Oxymycterus hucucha

Hinojosa, S. Anderson, & J. L. Patton, 1987

Quechuan 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

Hinojosa, F., Anderson, S. and Patton, J.L. 1987-11-12. Two new species of Oxymycterus (Rodentia) from Peru and Bolivia. American Museum Novitates 2898:1-17.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62311313

Original name as described

Oxymycterus hucucha

Other common names

Hucucha

Type material

AMNH M-260583

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-260583

Type locality

"28 km by road W of Comarapa (Santa Cruz) but in the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia, at 2800 m elev.; lat. 17°51'S and long. 64°40'W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002458

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.

Oxymycterus hucucha

Hinojosa, S. Anderson, & J. L. Patton, 1987

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hucucha

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-260583

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-260583

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62311313

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Anderson (1997:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15786/160756387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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