Cerrado red-nosed mouse

Cerrado red-nosed mouse
Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Wiedomys
Species: W. cerradensis
Binomial name
Wiedomys cerradensis
Gonçalves, Almeida & Bonvicino, 2005

The cerrado red-nosed mouse (Wiedomys cerradensis) is a rodent species from South America. It is known from one locality in Bahia, eastern Brazil. The species was found in semi-deciduous forest in the cerrado ecoregion.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bonvicino, C. & Marinho-Filho, J. (2008). "Wiedomys cerradensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
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