Red-nosed mouse
Species of rodent
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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.[1]
| Red-nosed mouse | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Wiedomys |
| Species: | W. pyrrhorhinos |
| Binomial name | |
| Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) | |
