Oxymycterus amazonicus Hershkovitz 1994

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1156

Oxymycterus amazonicus Hershkovitz 1994

Oxymycterus amazonicus Hershkovitz 1994 , Fieldiana Zool., n. s., 79: 23.

Type Locality: Brazil, Pará State, right bank lower Rio Tapajós, Fordlândia; 03º40′S, 55º30′W.

Vernacular Names: Amazonian Hocicudo.

Distribution: Lower Amazon Basin, south of the Rio Amazonas between the Rios Tocantins and Madeira, C Brazil, as least as far south as NW Mato Grosso (per additional localities reported by Musser et al., 1998:239).

Discussion: Considered a small size-class species, principally compared with O. nasutus ; sister species to O. delator according to phylogenetic analysis of cytochrome b data ( Hoffmann et al., 2002).