Oxymycterus juliacae, J. A. Allen, 1900

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 204-535 : 466

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6707142

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6727404

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scientific name

Oxymycterus juliacae
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532. View Plate 25: Cricetidae

Upper Yungas Inca Hocicudo

Oxymycterus juliacae

French: Hocidudo de Juliaca / German: Nebelwald-Grabmaus / Spanish: Raton hocicudo de Yungas

Taxonomy. Oxymycterus juliacae J. A. Allen, 1900 View in CoL , “Juliaca, Peru.” Corrected by J. A. Allen in 1901 to “Inca Mines [= Santo Domingo Mine], about 200 miles [= 322 km | northeast ofJuliaca, on the east side of the Andes, on the Inambary River [= Rio Inambari],” Puno, Peru.

This species is monotypic.

Distribution. SE Peru (upper Rio Inambari) and WC Bolivia (upper Rio Chapare). View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 125-155 mm, tail 95-140 mm, ear 19-24 mm, hindfoot 27-36 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. See general characters of the genus under the Amazonian Hocicudo ( O. amazonicus ) account. The Upper Yungas Inca Hocicudo is a moderately large species of Oxymycterus . Dorsum is dark brown, slightly darker on posterior part of back and rump; venteris drab brown. Forefeet and hindfeet are dark dorsally. Tail is uniformly covered by short hairs.

Habitat. Upper montane and cloud forests at elevations of 1000-2700 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red Lust.

Bibliography. Allen (1900, 1901b), Cabrera (1961), Oliveira (1998), Oliveira & Gongalves (2015), Pacheco et al. (2011), Thomas (1916e).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Oxymycterus

Loc

Oxymycterus juliacae

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017
2017
Loc

Oxymycterus juliacae

J. A. Allen 1900
1900
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