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Upper Yungas Inca Hocicudo

Oxymycterus juliacae

French: Hocidudo de Juliaca / German: Nebelwald-Grabmaus / Spanish: Raton hocicudo de Yungas

Taxonomy. Oxymycterus juliacae J. A. Allen, 1900, “Juliaca, Peru.” Corrected by J. A. Allen in 1901 to “Inca Mines [= Santo Domingo Mine], about 200 miles [= 322 km | northeast ofJuliaca, on the east side of the Andes, on the Inambary River [= Rio Inambari],” Puno, Peru.

This species is monotypic.

Distribution. SE Peru (upper Rio Inambari) and WC Bolivia (upper Rio Chapare).

Descriptive notes. Head-body 125-155 mm, tail 95-140 mm, ear 19-24 mm, hindfoot 27-36 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. See general characters of the genus under the Amazonian Hocicudo ( O. amazonicus) account. The Upper Yungas Inca Hocicudo is a moderately large species of Oxymycterus . Dorsum is dark brown, slightly darker on posterior part of back and rump; venteris drab brown. Forefeet and hindfeet are dark dorsally. Tail is uniformly covered by short hairs.

Habitat. Upper montane and cloud forests at elevations of 1000-2700 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red Lust.

Bibliography. Allen (1900, 1901b), Cabrera (1961), Oliveira (1998), Oliveira & Gongalves (2015), Pacheco et al. (2011), Thomas (1916e).