Oxymycterus

Hocicudos
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent
Oxymycterus nasutus
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Species

Oxymycterus is a genus of rat-like rodents commonly known as hocicudos. They are endemic to South America. As of April 2019, the genus contains the following 16 species:[1]

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