Atlantic Forest hocicudo

Atlantic Forest hocicudo
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Oxymycterus
Species: O. dasytrichus
(Schinz, 1821)
Binomial name
Oxymycterus dasytrichus

The Atlantic Forest hocicudo (Oxymycterus dasytrichus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found only in southeastern Brazil, where it lives in the Atlantic Forest and associated wetlands at altitudes from sea level to 800 m.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bonvicino, C., Weksler M. & Percequillo, A. (2008). "Oxymycterus dasytrichus". 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 (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1157. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.