Oxymycterus rutilans (Olfers, 1818)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 392-476 : 447

Oxymycterus rutilans (Olfers, 1818) . In Eschwege, Neue Bibl. Reisenb., 15:209.

REVIEWED BY: O. A. Reig (OAR).

TYPE LOCALITY: Paraguay .

DISTRIBUTION: Argentina; Uruguay; Paraguay; E. and S. Brazil.

COMMENT: Includes rufus ; see Hershkovitz, 1959, J. Mammal., 40:339, Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 127, Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:28, and Voss and Linzey, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 159:14. May include iheringi ; see Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31:86, 127, who also included paramensis in rutilans , without comment. Cabrera, 1961:467-469, Hooper and Musser, 1964, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 123:45, and Corbet and Hill, 1980:152, considered paramensis and rufus (a synonym of rutilans ) distinct species. AL employs the name rufus (Fischer, 1814) , for this species; see comment under Reithrodon physodes .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008038008001 as O. rufus .