Cerrado red-nosed mouse

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]

Cerrado red-nosed mouse
Photo of Cerrado Red-nosed Mouse (Wiedomys)
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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