Tawny-bellied cotton rat
| Tawny-bellied cotton rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Sigmodon |
| Subgenus: | Sigmodon |
| Species group: | S. fulviventer |
| Species: | S. fulviventer |
| Binomial name | |
| Sigmodon fulviventer J.A. Allen, 1889 | |
The tawny-bellied cotton rat (Sigmodon fulviventer) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico and in the US states of Arizona and New Mexico.[1]
References
- 1 2 Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). "Sigmodon fulviventer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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