Long-nosed hocicudo

The long-nosed hocicudo (Oxymycterus nasutus) is a South American rodent species found in southeastern Brazil and Uruguay.^[1]

Long-nosed hocicudo
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Oxymycterus
Species:	O. nasutus
Binomial name
Oxymycterus nasutus (Waterhouse, 1837)
Synonyms
Mus nasutus Waterhouse, 1837

Diet

It hunts grubs and worms under the cover of leaves, logs, and stones.

Description

It has a long, flexible nose, and usually utilizes the tunnels and pathways created by other rodents.