Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 955 1189 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Oxymycterus josei Hoffmann, Lessa, and Smith 2002 Oxymycterus josei Hoffmann, Lessa, and Smith 2002 , J. Mammal., 83: 411 . Type Locality: Uruguay , Maldonado Dept., Balneario Las Flores , west margin of Arroyo Tarariras. Vernacular Names: Cook's Hocicudo . Distribution: SW Uruguay , south of the Río Negro . Discussion: A medium-sized species that is morphologically similar to O. nasutus , with which it occurs sympatrically; sister species to O. rufus according to phylogenetic analysis of cytochrome b data ( Hoffmann et al., 2002 ).