Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Greater Wilfred's mouse (Wilfredomys oenax), recorded as Endangered
Greater Wilfred's mouse (Wilfredomys oenax). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Greater Wilfred's mouse

Wilfredomys oenax

The greater Wilfred's mouse is a rodent species from South America.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Wilfredomys oenax
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Rodentia · Cricetidae · Wilfredomys

The rodent

Greater Wilfred's mouse is a rodent in the family Cricetidae (order Rodentia) — Wilfredomys oenax.

Range and habitat

The species is found in subtropical lowland woodland with dense vegetation. It is found in southern Brazil and Uruguay in subtropical lowland forest.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

The greater Wilfred's mouse faces threats of habitat loss from farming, wood and pulp plantations, and cattle ranching, along with logging and wood harvesting. The species has an extremely fragmented population.

Greater Wilfred's mouse is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Greater Wilfred's mouse, Wikidata item Q1764515. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Greater Wilfred's mouse?
The greater Wilfred's mouse is a rodent species from South America.
What is the conservation status of Greater Wilfred's mouse?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Wilfredomys oenax. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Greater Wilfred's mouse live?
It is found in southern Brazil and Uruguay in subtropical lowland forest.
Why is Greater Wilfred's mouse in crisis?
The greater Wilfred's mouse faces threats of habitat loss from farming, wood and pulp plantations, and cattle ranching, along with logging and wood harvesting.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Wilfredomys oenax?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Greater Wilfred's mouse a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.