Cerradomys langguthi
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Cerradomys langguthi is a species of rodent
from South America in the genus Cerradomys
. It occurs only in northeastern Brazil and was formerly included in C. subflavus.
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
from South America in the genus Cerradomys
Cerradomys
Cerradomys is a genus of oryzomyine rodents from eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, and central Brazil found in cerrado, Caatinga and Gran Chaco habitats. The species in this genus have historically been placed in Oryzomys, but according to cladistic research, they are not more closely related to the type...
. It occurs only in northeastern Brazil and was formerly included in C. subflavus.
Literature cited
- Percequillo, A.R., E. Hingst-Zaher, and C.R. Bonvicino. 2008. Systematic review of genus Cerradomys Weksler, Percequillo and Voss, 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with description of two new species from Eastern Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3622: 1–46.