Red-nosed mouse
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Wiedomys
Species:
W. pyrrhorhinos
Binomial name
Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos
(Wied-Neuwied, 1821)

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.


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