Red-nosed mouse Temporal range: Recent |
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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) |
The red-nosed mouse (Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos) is an arboreal rodent species from South America. It is found in caatinga and cerrado habitat in eastern Brazil.