Biology:Cook's hocicudo

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Short description: Species of rodent

Cook's hocicudo
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

Wikidata ☰ Q1765278 entry