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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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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/> It is also known as the '''Ecuadorian cotton rat'''. |
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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==References== |
==References== |
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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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