Oxymycterus nigrifrons
Osgood, 1944
Elfin 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
Authority citation
Osgood, W.H. 1944-07-12. Nine new South American rodents. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 29(13):191-204.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2780371Original name as described
Oxymycterus paramensis nigrifrons
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:52629
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Limbani, Puno, Inambari drainage, Peru. Altitude about 9000 feet [= 2743 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru · Bolivia
Taxonomy notes
split from O. paramensis
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
Not Evaluated
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