Biology:Hocicudo

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Hocicudos
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent
Scientific classification e
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 the genus of hocicudos. They are rat-like animals endemic to South America.

Species listing:

As of 2015 it includes 17 species:[1]

Citations

References

Wikidata ☰ Q766177 entry