Cook's hocicudo

Cook's hocicudo
Conservation status
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, where it lives in wetlands, moist grasslands and scrub.[1] The specifies is named after American zoologist Joseph “José” A. Cook.

References

  1. ^ a b Queirolo, D. & Geise, L. (2008). "Oxymycterus josei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136453. Retrieved 10 June 2009. 
  2. ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000839.