Oxymycterus josei

F. G. Hoffmann, E. P. Lessa, & M. F. Smith, 2002

Cook's 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

Hoffmann, F.G., Lessa, E.P. and Smith, M.F. 2002-05. Systematics of Oxymycterus with description of a new species from Uruguay. Journal of Mammalogy 83(2):408-420.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0408:SOOWDO>2.0.CO;2

Original name as described

Oxymycterus josei

Type material

MNHNU 3838

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

west margin of Arroyo Tarariras, Balneario Las Flores, Maldonado, Uruguay.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Uruguay

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002461

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 josei

F. G. Hoffmann, E. P. Lessa, & M. F. Smith, 2002

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

josei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHNU 3838

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

411

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136453/22378870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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