Oxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 392-476 : 446

Oxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837:20.

REVIEWED BY: J. K. Braun (JKB); M. D. Carleton (MDC); A. Langguth (AL); R. A. Ojeda (RAO).

COMMENT: Massoia, 1963, Physis, 24: 132, included Akodon (Abrothrix) sanborni in this genus, but see Pine et al., 1979, Mammalia, 43:351. This genus needs revision; its relationships with Akodon (Abrothrix) and Microxus need clarification; see Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 127, Bianchi et al., 1971, Evolution, 25:724, Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:30, Massoia, 1963, Physis, 24: 132, Reig, 1978, Publ. Mus. Munic. Cienc. Nat. Mar del Plata "Lorenzo Scaglia," 2(8): 164-190, Corbet and Hill, 1980:151, 152, and Voss and Linzey, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 159:1-41. Subfamily Hesperomyinae ; see comment under Cricetidae .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008038000000.