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Quechuan Hocicudo

Oxymycterus hucucha

Classification

Oxymycterus hucucha, also known as the Quechuan hocicudo, is a species of rodent in the genus Oxymycterus of family Cricetidae from South America. It is found only in a small region of the Andes in central Bolivia, where it lives in cloud forest at altitudes from 2,600 to 3,000 m (8,530 to 9,840 ft). Exceptionally small for its genus, O.

Distribution

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