Oxymycterus iheringi Thomas, 1896 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18:308.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul, Taquara do Mundo Novo, Rio dos Sinos .

DISTRIBUTION: Brasil; N.E. Argentina.

COMMENT: Formerly included in Microxus and Akodon; included in Oxymycterus by Massoia, 1963, Physis, ser. 24, 67:73-80. Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 86, considered this species "a local form of Oxymycterus rutilans ."

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008001014001 as Akodon iheringi .