Oxymycterus rufus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Red 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

Fischer, G. 1814. Zoognosia. Volumen III. Quadrupeda reliqua. Ceti. Monotrymata. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky, Moscow, 732 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130156

Original name as described

Mus rufus

Other common names

Rufous Hocicudo · Rat Roux · Ratón Hocicudo de Azara · Hocicudo Común · Hocicudo Rojuzochico · Yaguarasapá · Anguya Pihtâ

Type material

MLP 26.XII.01.05

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

"Paraguay." Restricted by P. Hershkovitz in 1994 to "32°30'S in the Río Paraná drainage system; ... northern Entres Ríos, Argentina."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

includes the recently described contrerasi and massoiai

Taxonomy notes citation

Agnolin, F. L., Derguy, M. R., Godoy, I. N., & Chimento, N. R. (2019). Mamíferos argentinos: descripción de nuevas especies delas colecciones de Elio Massoia y Julio R. Contreras (Rodentia,Chiroptera, Carnivora). Historia Natural, 9, 107-181. · Teta, P., D'Elía, G., Jayat, J. P., Gonçalves, P. R., Simões, G., do Prado, R., ... & Schiaffini, M. I. (2020). On the distinction and availability of the new taxa proposed by Agnolin et al. 2019. Mastozoología Neotropical, en prensa, Mendoza, 1-17.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002467

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 platensis

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

platensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.10.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9317daad-9edf-404d-b346-231e4df5b0bf

Authority page

244

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616479

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oxymycterus contrerasi

Agnolín, Derguy, Godoy, & Chimento, 2019

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

contrerasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CFA-MA-13392

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

152

Authority publication

Historia Natural

Oxymycterus massoiai

Agnolín, Derguy, Godoy, & Chimento, 2019

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

massoiai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CFA-MA-3551

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

155

Authority publication

Historia Natural

Mus rufus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1819)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19430619

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Lesson (1842:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Habrothrix internus

(F. Ameghino, 1889)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

internus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-A 1293

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51769633

Authority publication

Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina

Mus rufus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MLP 26.XII.01.05

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

vii, 71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130156

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:vii, 71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Lesson (1827:270, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Mus rutilans

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rutilans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

209

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Oxymycterus rufus

Lahille, 1899

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

189

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147055

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:189, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1932:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  3. Yepes (1935:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15792/115130211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oxymycterus rutilans

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rutilans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

447

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Mus ?rutilans

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rutilans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

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