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| name = Unexpected Cotton Rat |
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| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Naylor, L. |author2=Roach, N. |date=2018 |title=''Sigmodon inopinatus'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T20214A22355983 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T20214A22355983.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> |
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| genus = Sigmodon |
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| species = inopinatus |
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| classis = [[Mammalia]] |
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| ordo = [[Rodent]]ia |
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| familia = [[Cricetidae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Sigmodon]]'' |
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The '''unexpected cotton rat''' ('''''Sigmodon inopinatus''''') is a [[species]] of [[rodent]] in the family [[Cricetidae]]. It is [[endemism|found only]] in [[Ecuador]] at elevations of 3500 to 4000 m, where it has been found in association with streams and [[marsh]]es.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /> It is also known as the '''Ecuadorian cotton rat'''. |
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| subgenus = ''[[Sigmodon (subgenus)|Sigmodon]]'' |
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| species_group = ''[[Sigmodon fulviventer species group|S. fulviventer]]'' |
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| species = '''''S. inopinatus''''' |
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| binomial = ''Sigmodon inopinatus'' |
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The '''Unexpected Cotton Rat''' ('''''Sigmodon inopinatus''''') is a species of [[rodent]] in the [[Cricetidae]] family. |
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It is found only in [[Ecuador]]. WHAT AN UNEXPECTED PIECE OF INFORMATION! |
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It is so named because the first Ecuadorian discoverer of this species of rat did not expect to find the rodent in his favourite cotton briefs. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20214/all Sigmodon inopinatus]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007. |
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*{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13000918 | page = }} |
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*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. |
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[[Category:Mammals of Ecuador]] |
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[[Category:Mammals described in 1924]] |
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[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]] |
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[[pt:Sigmodon inopinatus]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:10, 22 May 2023
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Sigmodon |
| Species: | S. inopinatus
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| Sigmodon inopinatus Anthony, 1924
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The unexpected cotton rat (Sigmodon inopinatus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Ecuador at elevations of 3500 to 4000 m, where it has been found in association with streams and marshes.[1] It is also known as the Ecuadorian cotton rat.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Naylor, L.; Roach, N. (2018). "Sigmodon inopinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T20214A22355983. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T20214A22355983.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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