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.
| Cook's hocicudo | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Oxymycterus |
| Species: | O. josei
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxymycterus josei Hoffmann, Lessa & Smith, 2002
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References
edit- ^ a b Percequillo, A.; Roach, N. (2019). "Oxymycterus josei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136453A22378870. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136453A22378870.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). 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.
- ^ García-Olaso, F. (June 2008). "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.