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Unexpected cotton rat

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Unexpected Cotton Rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Cricetidae
Genus:
Sigmodon
Subgenus:
Sigmodon
Species group:
S. fulviventer
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]

References

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN2009.1
  • 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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