Oxymycterus dasytrichus (Schinz 1821)

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 : 1157

Oxymycterus dasytrichus (Schinz 1821)

[Oxymycterus] dasytrichus (Schinz 1821) , in: G. Cuvier, Das Thierreich, Vol. 1: 288.

Type Locality: Brazil, Bahia State, Rio Mucurí (as restricted by Cabrera, 1961:468).

Vernacular Names: Atlantic Forest Hocicudo.

Synonyms: Oxymycterus dasytrichos ( Wied-Neuwied 1826) ; Oxymycterus dosytrichos (Schinz 1821) ; Oxymycterus rostellatus (Wagner 1842) .

Distribution: Atlantic Forest region of SE Brazil (Bahia to São Paulo; see Hoffmann et al., 2002, Pereira et al., 2001).

Discussion: Original spelling as Mus dosytrichos , emended to dasytrichus by Tate (1932 g:17). Arranged as a full synonym of O. rufus by Ellerman (1941) or recognized subspecies by Cabrera (1961), and so associated by Musser and Carleton (1993). Fonseca et al. (1996) and Pereira et al. (2001) listed dasytrichus as species, and confirmatory data (mitochrondrial DNA) demonstrating its clear separation from O. rufus presented by Hoffmann et al. (2002). Karyotype (2n = 54, FN = 64) reported by Pereira et al. (2001). The taxon rostellatus is listed as a species by Fonseca et al. (1996).