A cotton rat is any member of the rodent genus Sigmodon. Their name derives from their damaging effects on cotton as well as other plantation crops, such...
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The hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) is a rat long thought to occur in parts of South America, Central America, and southern North America. However...
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- Allen's cotton rat Sigmodon arizonae - Arizona cotton rat Sigmodon hirsutus - southern cotton rat Sigmodon hispidus - hispid cotton rat Sigmodon mascotensis...
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Southern cotton rat, Sigmodon hirsutus Hispid cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus Jaliscan cotton rat, Sigmodon mascotensis Yellow-nosed cotton rat, Sigmodon...
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The Arizona cotton rat or Colorado River cotton rat (Sigmodon arizonae) is a rat in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the southwestern United States...
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Allen's cotton rat, Sigmodon alleni VU Arizona cotton rat, Sigmodon arizonae LC Tawny-bellied cotton rat, Sigmodon fulviventer LC Southern cotton rat, Sigmodon...
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The yellow-nosed cotton rat (Sigmodon ochrognathus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is native to Mexico and to the states of Arizona...
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rodents are the principal hosts of the hantaviruses including the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) in southern Florida, which is the principal host of...
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The unexpected cotton rat (Sigmodon inopinatus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Ecuador at elevations of 3500 to 4000...
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pack rat or packrat, also called a woodrat or trade rat, are any species in the North and Central American rodent genus Neotoma. Pack rats have a rat-like...
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