Amazonian hocicudo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Oxymycterus |
Species: | O. amazonicus
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Binomial name | |
Oxymycterus amazonicus Hershkovitz, 1994
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The Amazonian hocicudo (Oxymycterus amazonicus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae from South America. It is found in the Amazon basin in Brazil where it lives in moist lowland forest. It is a common species with a large range and is rated by the IUCN as being of "least concern".