Jaliscan cotton rat

Jaliscan cotton rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Sigmodon
Subgenus: Sigmodon
species group: S. hispidus
Species: S. mascotensis
Binomial name
Sigmodon mascotensis
J. A. Allen, 1897

The Jaliscan cotton rat (Sigmodon mascotensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico.

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