Cerrado red-nosed mouse | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
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