Kingdom Animalia Order Rodentia Genus Sigmodon Higher classification Cotton rat | Phylum Chordata Family Cricetidae Scientific name Sigmodon planifrons Rank Species | |
Similar Cotton rat, Rodent, Mammal, Sigmodontinae, Cricetidae | ||
The Miahuatlán cotton rat (Sigmodon planifrons) is a rodent species in the family Cricetidae. 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.
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