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Cook's hocicudo
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Oxymycterus
Species:	O. josei
Binomial name
Oxymycterus josei Hoffmann, Lessa & Smith, 2002

Cook's hocicudo (Oxymycterus josei) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in southern Uruguay, where it lives in wetlands, moist grasslands and scrub. The specifies is named after American zoologist Joseph "José" A. Cook.

References

1. ^ Percequillo, A.; Roach, N. (2019). "Oxymycterus josei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136453A22378870. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136453A22378870.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1158. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
3. García-Olaso, F. (June 2008). "Evaluation of the diagnostic characters of Oxymycterus josei Hoffmann, Lessa y Smith, 2002 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) with comments on the differentiation of the Uruguayan species of the genus". Mastozoología neotropical. 15 (1): 117–123. ISSN 0327-9383.

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