Small hocicudo

The small hocicudo (Oxymycterus hiska) is a little known species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru on the eastern slopes of the Andes.

Small hocicudo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Oxymycterus
Species:
O. hiska
Binomial name
Oxymycterus hiska
Hinojosa, Anderson & Patton, 1987

Distribution

The species inhabits humid montane forests, preferring primary and secondary Polylepis woodland, on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia, at altitudes of 600–3,500 m. It appears to be rare in Peru but more common in Bolivia. The species may also be present in some cultivated areas. Population sizes appear to be stable.[1]

Ecology

The small hocicudo is active during both day and night, and has terrestrial habits. It feeds by digging small invertebrate prey from the litter. Not much is known about reproduction, but breeding at the end of the rainy season (March–April) has been suggested.[1]

References
  1. Zeballos, H. (2016). "Oxymycterus hiska". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15793A22378716. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15793A22378716.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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