HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Sigmodon
--> SUBGENUS Sigmodon
SPECIES Sigmodon (Sigmodon) inopinatus
Author: | Anthony, 1924. | Citation: | Am. Mus. Novit., 114: 3. | Common Name: | Ecuadorian Cotton Rat | Type Locality: | Ecuador, Chimborazo Prov., Mt Chimborazo, Urbina, 11,400 ft (3474 m). | Distribution: | Known only from high Andes in Azuay and Chimborazo provinces, Ecuador. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Sigmodon (S. fulviventer species group?). Lumped under S. hispidus by Cabrera (1961), following the footnoted opinion of Hershkovitz (1955a), but distinctive morphology reasserted and species reinstated by Voss (1992). |
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