Alston's Cotton Rat

Alston's Cotton Rat

Taxobox | name = Alston's Cotton Rat
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Cricetidae
genus = "Sigmodon"
subgenus = "Sigmomys"
subgenus_authority = Thomas, 1901
species = "S. alstoni"
binomial = "Sigmodon alstoni"
binomial_authority = Thomas, 1881

The Alston's Cotton Rat, "Sigmodon alstoni", is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Suriname and Venezuela.

References

* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]


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