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SPECIES Sigmodon (Sigmodon) leucotis

Author:Bailey, 1902.
Citation:Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 15: 115.
Common Name:White-eared Cotton Rat
Type Locality:México, Zacatecas, Sierra de Valparaíso, 2653 m.
Distribution:Interior México, from SW Chihuahua and S Nuevo Leon to C Oaxaca.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subgenus Sigmodon, S. fulviventer species group. See Shump and Baker (1978, Mammalian Species, 96).
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    alticola Bailey, 1902
    amoles Bailey, 1902

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