Wiedomys Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Wiedomyini |
Genus: | Wiedomys Hershkovitz, 1959 |
Type species | |
Mus pyrrhorhinos | |
Species | |
Wiedomys is a genus of South American rodents in the family Cricetidae. [1]
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