Peruvian Cotton Rat

Peruvian Cotton Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Sigmodon
Subgenus: Sigmodon
Species group: S. fulviventer
Species: S. peruanus
Binomial name
Sigmodon peruanus
J.A. Allen, 1897

The Peruvian Cotton Rat (Sigmodon peruanus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

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