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| status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
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| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite journal | author = Tirira, D. | author2 = Boada, C. | name-list-style = amp | title = ''Sigmodon inopinatus'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2008 | page = e.T20214A9179402 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2008 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20214/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T20214A9179402.en | access-date = 24 December 2017}}</ref>
| 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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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'''.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:14, 16 November 2021

Unexpected cotton rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Sigmodon
Species:
S. inopinatus
Binomial name
Sigmodon inopinatus
Anthony, 1924

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

  1. ^ 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.