Cerrado Red-nosed Mouse

Cerrado Red-nosed MouseThis rodent occurs in the semiarid zone of northeastern Brazil. The 2017 HMW 7 account reported a few scattered localities; it has a grizzled brown back, orange rump, eye-rings, muzzle, ears, and upper feet, and a white underside.What does it look like?The back is grizzled brown; the rump, eye-rings, muzzle, ears, and tops of the feet are bright orange. The underside, including the inner sides of the limbs, is white; the tail is dark brown.How does it live?This rodent occurs in the semiarid zone of northeastern Brazil. The 2017 HMW 7 account reported a few scattered localities; it has a grizzled brown back, orange rump, eye-rings, muzzle, ears, and upper feet, and a white underside.It inhabits semideciduous forest, cerrado, dry tropical forest, and gallery forest, and is nocturnal and crepuscular.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.