Hocicudos Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent
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Oxymycterus nasutus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Akodontini |
Genus: | Oxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837 |
Type species | |
Mus nasutus Waterhouse, 1837
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Oxymycterus is a genus of rat-like rodents commonly known as hocicudos. They are endemic to South America. As of April 2019[update], the genus contains the following 16 species:[1]