Oxymycterus delator Thomas 1903

Oxymycterus delator Thomas 1903, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 11: 489.

Type Locality: Paraguay, Paraguarí Dept., Sapucaí.

Vernacular Names: Paraguayan Hocicudo.

Distribution: E Paraguay, SC Brazil.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Provisionally retained as a species by Reig (1987), who questioned its distinction from O. rufus . Genetically well delineated from O. rufus and sister species to O. amazonicus according to phylogenetic analysis of cytochrome b data (Hoffmann et al., 2002). Distributional limits uncertain: not recorded for the Brazilian fauna by Fonseca et al. (1996) but mapped as broadly distributed in SC Brazil by Hoffmann et al. (2002).