Sigmodon hirsutus
(Burmeister, 1855)
Burmeister's Cotton Rat

Location:UnknownDate taken:Jan 4, 1990
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4341
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe | : Sigmodontini |
| Genus | : Sigmodon |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Burmeister, H. 1855. Prof. Burmeister über eine neue Ratte: Lasiomys hirsutus von Maracaibo. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 2(Sitzungsberichte):15-17.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11814118Original name as described
Lasiomys hirsutus
Other common names
Southern Cotton Rat
Type material
IZH (number not known)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
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