Red-nosed mouse | |
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Conservation status
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![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Wiedomys |
Species: | W. pyrrhorhinos
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Binomial name | |
Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos (Wied-Neuwied, 1821)
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The red-nosed mouse (Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos) is an arboreal rodent species endemic to Brazil. It is found in caatinga and cerrado habitat in southeast Brazil.