534.

Quechuan Hocicudo

Oxymycterus hucucha

French: Hocicudo quechua / German: Quechua-Grabmaus / Spanish: Ratén hocicudo de los Quechuas

Other common names: Hucucha

Taxonomy. Oxymycterus hucucha Hinojosa, S. Anderson & Patton, 1987, “ 28 km by road W of Comarapa (Santa Cruz) but in the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia, at 2800 m elev.; lat. 17°51’S and long. 64°40 'W.” This species is monotypic.

Distribution. C Bolivia in the Siberia Cloud Forest, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz departments.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 99-109 mm, tail 71-75 mm, ear 14-15 mm, hindfoot 21 mm; weight 26-36 g. See general characters of the genus under the Amazonian Hocicudo ( O. amazonicus) account. The Quechuan Hocicudois a small species of Oxymycterus . Dorsum is blackish gray, with tips of dorsal hairs conspicuously paler and reddish; venter is ocherous.

Habitat. Mostly cloud forest, with trees 6 m high, trunks covered with lichens, and dense ground cover of lichens, ferns, and mushrooms at elevations of ¢.2600-3000 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Endangered on The IUCN Red List.

Bibliography. Dunnum, Vargas & Bernal (2008a), Hinojosa et al. (1987), Oliveira (1998), Oliveira & Goncalves (2015).