Atlantic Forest hocicudo
Species of rodent
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The Atlantic Forest hocicudo (Oxymycterus dasytrichus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found only in southeastern Brazil, where it lives in the Atlantic Forest and associated wetlands at altitudes from sea level to 800 m (2,600 ft).[1]
| Atlantic Forest hocicudo | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Oxymycterus |
| Species: | O. dasytrichus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxymycterus dasytrichus (Schinz, 1821) | |
