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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
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Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
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Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
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Cladus: Probainognathia
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Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentiaa
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Oxymycterus
Species: Oxymycterus wayku
Name

Oxymycterus wayku Jayat, D’Elía, Pardiñas, Miotti & Ortiz, 2008: 40

Holotype: CML 7247, juvenile ♂, skin, skull, skeleton, and tissues in alcohol.

Type locality: “Argentina, Province of Tucumán, Department of Trancas, 10 km by road south of Hualinchay on the trail to Lara (26 19′20.2″S, 65 36′45.5″W, 2316 m).”
References
Primary references

Jayat, J.P., D’Elía, G., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Miotti, M.D. & Ortiz, P.E. 2008. A new species of the genus Oxymycterus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the vanishing Yungas of Argentina. Zootaxa 1911: 31–51. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Ravine Hocicudo

The ravine hocicudo (Oxymycterus wayku) is a rodent species from South America.[2] It is found in Argentina.[1]
References

Roach, N.; Naylor, L. (2017). "Oxymycterus wayku". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T45959327A45973166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T45959327A45973166.en.
Jayat, J.P.; D'Elía, G.; Pardiñas, U.F.J.; Miotti, M.D.; Ortiz, P.E. (2008). "A new species of the genus Oxymycterus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the vanishing Yungas of Argentina". Zootaxa. 1911: 31–51. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1911.1.2.

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