| Hocicudos Temporal range: Middle - Recent |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Tribe: | Akodontini |
| Genus: |
Oxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Mus nasutus Waterhouse, 1837Template:Waterhouse |
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Oxymycterus is the genus of hocicudos. They are rat-like animals endemic to South America.
Species listing:
As of 2015[update] it incldes 15 species:
Former species: