Oxymycterus rutilans (Olfers, 1818). In Eschwege, Neue Bibl. Reisenb., 15:209. REVIEWED BY: O. A. Reig (OAR). TYPE LOCALITY: Paraguay. DISTRIBUTION: Argentina; Uruguay; Paraguay; E. and S. Brazil. COMMENT: Includes rufus; see Hershkovitz, 1959, J. Mammal., 40:339, Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 127, Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:28, and Voss and Linzey, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 159:14. May include iheringi; see Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31:86, 127, who also included paramensis in rutilans, without comment. Cabrera, 1961:467-469, Hooper and Musser, 1964, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 123:45, and Corbet and Hill, 1980:152, considered paramensis and rufus (a synonym of rutilans) distinct species. AL employs the name rufus (Fischer, 1814), for this species; see comment under Reithrodon physodes. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008038008001 as O. rufus.

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Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 447, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031