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

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Sigmodon leucotis Bailey, 1902

Sigmodon leucotis Bailey, 1902

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

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

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