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

Peruvian cotton rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Sigmodon
Species:
S. peruanus
Binomial name
Sigmodon peruanus

References

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  1. ^ Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E.; Tirira, D. (2016). "Sigmodon peruanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20218A22355249. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T20218A22355249.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.