Miahuatlán cotton rat
| Miahuatlán cotton rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Sigmodon |
| Species: | S. planifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Sigmodon planifrons Nelson & Goldman, 1933 | |
The Miahuatlán cotton rat (Sigmodon planifrons) is a rodent species in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found only on the Pacific slope of the Sierra de Miahuatlán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where it lives in deciduous tropical forest.[1]
References
- 1 2 Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. (2008). "Sigmodon planifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
- ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1177. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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