Cook's hocicudo

Cook's hocicudo (Oxymycterus josei) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found only in southern Uruguay,[3] where it lives in wetlands, moist grasslands and scrub.[1] The specifies is named after American zoologist Joseph “José” A. Cook.

Cook's hocicudo

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Oxymycterus
Species:
O. josei
Binomial name
Oxymycterus josei
Hoffmann, Lessa & Smith, 2002

References

  1. Percequillo, A.; Roach, N. (2019). "Oxymycterus josei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T136453A22378870. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136453A22378870.en. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1158. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. García-Olaso, F. "Evaluation of the diagnostic characters of Oxymycterus josei Hoffmann, Lessa y Smith, 2002 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) with comments on the differentiation of the Uruguayan species of the genus". Mastozoología neotropical. 15 (1): 117–123. ISSN 0327-9383.


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