''Cerradomys langguthi'' is a species of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), 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 roden ...

from

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in the genus '' Cerradomys''. 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