Cook's hocicudo

Cook's hocicudo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Oxymycterus
Species: O. josei
Hoffmann, Lessa & Smith, 2002
Binomial name
Oxymycterus josei

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Queirolo, D. & Geise, L. (2008). "Oxymycterus josei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  2. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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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