Wiedomys

Wiedomys Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Tribe:	Wiedomyini
Genus:	Wiedomys Hershkovitz, 1959
Species
Wiedomys brevicauda Wiedomys brunneus

Wiedomys is a genus of South American rodents in the Muridae family. It contains the following species:

• Cerrado Red-nosed Mouse (Wiedomys cerradensis)
• Red-nosed Mouse (Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos)

References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.