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Alston's cotton rat

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Alston's Cotton Rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Cricetidae
Genus:
Sigmodon
Subgenus:
Sigmomys

Thomas, 1901
Species:
S. alstoni
Binomial name
Sigmodon alstoni
Thomas, 1881

Alston's Cotton Rat, Sigmodon alstoni, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela, where it inhabits lowland savannas.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN2009.1
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