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 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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