Cerrado red-nosed mouse

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Cerrado red-nosed mouse
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Marinho Filho, J. (2019). "Wiedomys cerradensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T136745A22340098. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136745A22340098.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.