ADW: O.dasytrichus_2

Identification

Oxymycterus (burrowing mice and hocicudos)

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Date Taken

October, 1999

Location

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Caption

hocicudo; former O. roberti. Some Eastern Brazilian populations of large-sized hocicudos formerly identified as O. roberti and/or O. hispidus have been grouped under O. dasytrichus. See: Goncalves, P. R.; Oliveira, J. A. 2004. Morphological and genetic variation between two sympatric forms of Oxymycterus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): an evaluation of hypotheses of differentiation within the genus. Journal of Mammalogy 85: 82-95.

Contributors

(photographer; copyright holder; identification), University of Michigan

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