''Wiedomys'' is a genus of

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

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 ...

s in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: * Cerrado red-nosed mouse (''Wiedomys cerradensis'') * Red-nosed mouse (''Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos'')

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Rodent genera Endemic fauna of Brazil Taxa named by Philip Hershkovitz {{Sigmodontinae-stub