NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Mt Caparaó Hocicudo
Oxymycterus caparoae Hershkovitz, 1998
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Oxymycterus caparoae Hershkovitz, 1998
- Name authority
- Hershkovitz, 1998
- Common name
- Mt Caparaó Hocicudo
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Oxymycterus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
- superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
- familyCricetidae Fischer, 1817
- subfamilySigmodontinae Wagner, 1843
- genusOxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837
- speciesOxymycterus caparoae Hershkovitz, 1998
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Oxymycterus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Akodont-like HocicudoOxymycterus akodontius Thomas, 1921 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Atlantic Forest HocicudoOxymycterus dasytrichus (Schinz, 1821) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hispid HocicudoOxymycterus hispidus Pictet, 1843 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Inca HocicudoOxymycterus inca Thomas, 1900 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cook's HocicudoOxymycterus josei Hoffmann, Lessa & M. F. Smith, 2002 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Paramo HocicudoOxymycterus paramensis Thomas, 1902 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Quaestor HocicudoOxymycterus quaestor Thomas, 1903 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oxymycterus wayku Jayat, D'Elía, Pardiñas, Miotti & Ortiz, 2008 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Paraguayan HocicudoOxymycterus delator Thomas, 1903 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angular HocicudoOxymycterus angularis Thomas, 1909 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small HocicudoOxymycterus hiska Hinojosa, S. Anderson & Patton, 1987 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Quechuan HocicudoOxymycterus hucucha Hinojosa, S. Anderson & Patton, 1987 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Hershkovitz, & Philip. (1998). Report on some sigmodontine rodents collected in southeastern Brazil with descriptions of a new genus and six new species. Bonn Zoological Bulletin, Vol. 47, No. 3-4. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4BG4C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.