Oxymycterus inca

O. Thomas, 1900

Inca Hocicudo

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Akodontini
Genus: Oxymycterus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1900-09-01. Descriptions of new rodents from western South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)6(33):294-302.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19266080

Original name as described

Oxymycterus inca

Other common names

Hocicudo Castaño del Perú

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.7.45

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f6d8a3f5-4d8f-4b66-81fa-46c21b7a9ef2

Type locality

"Perené, Ucayali watershed, Department of Junin, E. Peru. Altitude 800 m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Brazil · Peru

Taxonomy notes

previously included juliacae

Taxonomy notes citation

Pacheco, V.R., Márquez, G., Salas, E. and Centty, O. 2011. Diversidad de mamíferos en la cuenca media del río Tambopata, Puno, Perú. Revista Peruana de Biología 18(2):231-244. doi:10.15381/rpb.v18i2.246

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002459

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Oxymycterus inca

O. Thomas, 1900

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

inca

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.7.45

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Perené, Ucayali watershed, Department of Junin, E. Peru. Altitude 800 m.

Type locality

Peru: Junín Department: 10°58′S, 75°13′W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f6d8a3f5-4d8f-4b66-81fa-46c21b7a9ef2

Authority page

298

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19266080

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1900:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19266080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15453)
Trouessart (1904:436, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Thomas (1909:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16539)
Gyldenstolpe (1932:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
Corbet & Hill (1980:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Anderson (1997:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Hoffmann, Lessa & Smith (2002:412, 419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2538)
Hoffmann, Lessa & Smith (2002:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2538)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15788/22378542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oxymycterus iris

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

iris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.1.1.76

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

San Ernesto, near Mapiri, Upper Beni River. Alt. 1000 m.

Type locality

Bolivia: La Paz Department: 15°18′35″S, 68°12′58″W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e9326c56-a96d-48db-93ed-a5b9998ed64f

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26195718

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:436, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Gyldenstolpe (1932:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oxymycterus incae:

Reig, 1987

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

incae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465486

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Oxymycterus inca iris:

S. Anderson, 1997

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

iris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

438

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Anderson (1997:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Oxymycterus inca inca:

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

inca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

465

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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