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--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Sigmodon
--> SUBGENUS Sigmodon
SPECIES Sigmodon (Sigmodon) fulviventer
Author: | J. A. Allen, 1889. | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2: 180. | Common Name: | Tawny-bellied Cotton Rat | Type Locality: | México, Zacatecas State, Zacatecas. | Distribution: | SE Arizona, WC New Mexico, and SW Texas (see Stangl, 1992), USA, south through interior México to Guanajuato and NW Michoacán. | Status: | IUCN – Extinct as S. f. goldmani, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Sigmodon, S. fulviventer species group. Sister species to S. leucotis according to phylogenetic interpretation of cytochrome b data (Peppers and Bradley, 2000; Peppers et al., 2002). See Baker and Shump (1978, Mammalian Species, 94). |
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dalquesti Stangl, Jr., 1992 goldmani Bailey, 1913 melanotis Bailey, 1902 minimus Mearns, 1894 woodi M. C. Gardner, 1948
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