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| species = '''''S. ochrognathus'''''
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| binomial = ''Sigmodon ochrognathus''
| binomial = ''Sigmodon ochrognathus''
| binomial_authority = [[Steven Bailey|Bailey]], 1902
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The '''yellow-nosed cotton rat''' (''Sigmodon ochrognathus'') is a species of rodent in the family [[Cricetidae]].<ref name = MSW3>{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13000921 | page = 1176}}</ref> Its [[Range (biology)|range]] extends from the eastern side of the [[Sierra Madre Occidental]] to central [[Durango]] and western [[Coahuila]] in [[Mexico]], and from [[Arizona]] to [[New Mexico]] and scattered desert ranges of the [[Mesa del Norte]] in Trans-Pecos [[Texas]] in the [[United States|U.S.]] In New Mexico, its habitat is located in mountainous [[scrubland]] and [[pinyon-juniper woodland]] regions.
The '''yellow-nosed cotton rat''' (''Sigmodon ochrognathus'') is a species of rodent in the family [[Cricetidae]].<ref name = MSW3>{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13000921 | page = 1176}}</ref> Its [[Range (biology)|range]] extends from the eastern side of the [[Sierra Madre Occidental]] to central [[Durango]] and western [[Coahuila]] in [[Mexico]], and from [[Arizona]] to [[New Mexico]] and scattered desert ranges of the [[Mesa del Norte]] in Trans-Pecos [[Texas]] in the [[United States|U.S.]] In New Mexico, its habitat is located in mountainous [[scrubland]] and [[pinyon-juniper woodland]] regions.

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Yellow-nosed cotton rat
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S. ochrognathus
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Sigmodon ochrognathus
Bailey, 1902

The yellow-nosed cotton rat (Sigmodon ochrognathus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] Its range extends from the eastern side of the Sierra Madre Occidental to central Durango and western Coahuila in Mexico, and from Arizona to New Mexico and scattered desert ranges of the Mesa del Norte in Trans-Pecos Texas in the U.S. In New Mexico, its habitat is located in mountainous scrubland and pinyon-juniper woodland regions.

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN2009.2
  2. ^ 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. p. 1176. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.