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Sigmodon leucotis Bailey, 1902 is a animal in the Cricetidae family, order Rodentia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Sigmodon leucotis Bailey, 1902 (Sigmodon leucotis Bailey, 1902)
Animalia

Sigmodon leucotis Bailey, 1902

Sigmodon leucotis Bailey, 1902

Sigmodon leucotis, the white-eared cotton rat, is a cricetid rodent species found only in Mexico.

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Family
Genus
Sigmodon
Order
Rodentia
Class
Mammalia

About Sigmodon leucotis Bailey, 1902

The white-eared cotton rat, with the scientific name Sigmodon leucotis Bailey, 1902, is a rodent species that belongs to the Cricetidae family. This species is endemic to Mexico, meaning it is found nowhere else outside this country.

Photo: (c) Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Cricetidae Sigmodon

More from Cricetidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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