Alston's cotton rat

Alston's 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. 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 Patton, J.; Weksler, M.; Delgado, C.; Rivas, B.; Aguillera, M. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Sigmodon alstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20210A115157557. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20210A22355609.en. Retrieved 14 June 2009.


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