''Cerradomys langguthi'' is a species of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...

from

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in the genus ''

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 cl ...

''. It occurs only in northeastern

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

and was formerly included in '' C. subflavus''.

References

*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. Mammals of Brazil Cerradomys Mammals described in 2008 Taxa named by Alexandre Reis Percequillo {{Sigmodontinae-stub