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Atlantic Forest Hocicudo

Oxymycterus dasytrichus (Schinz, 1821)

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.

Oxymycterus dasytrichus

Oxymycterus dasytrichus

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Open encyclopedia reference

The Atlantic Forest hocicudo (Oxymycterus dasytrichus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

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 (2,600 ft).

Wikipedia contributors, Atlantic Forest hocicudo; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:41:59.434600+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Oxymycterus dasytrichus (Schinz, 1821)
Name authority
(Schinz, 1821)
Common name
Atlantic Forest 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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
  12. suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
  13. superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
  14. familyCricetidae Fischer, 1817
  15. subfamilySigmodontinae Wagner, 1843
  16. genusOxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837
  17. speciesOxymycterus dasytrichus (Schinz, 1821)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Oxymycterus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Akodont-like HocicudoOxymycterus akodontius Thomas, 1921CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Hispid HocicudoOxymycterus hispidus Pictet, 1843CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Inca HocicudoOxymycterus inca Thomas, 1900CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cook's HocicudoOxymycterus josei Hoffmann, Lessa & M. F. Smith, 2002CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Paramo HocicudoOxymycterus paramensis Thomas, 1902CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Quaestor HocicudoOxymycterus quaestor Thomas, 1903CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Oxymycterus wayku Jayat, D'Elía, Pardiñas, Miotti & Ortiz, 2008CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Paraguayan HocicudoOxymycterus delator Thomas, 1903CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Angular HocicudoOxymycterus angularis Thomas, 1909CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Mt Caparaó HocicudoOxymycterus caparoae Hershkovitz, 1998CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Small HocicudoOxymycterus hiska Hinojosa, S. Anderson & Patton, 1987CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Quechuan HocicudoOxymycterus hucucha Hinojosa, S. Anderson & Patton, 1987CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

South America

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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=970719 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.

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:4BG4D. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.