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Sigmodon arizonae arizonae Mearns, 1890:287

Arizona cotton rat

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

 

Distribution

Arizona, USA

 

Biology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Gwinn, R. Nathan, Palmer, Geoffrey H. and Koprowski, John L. (2011). Sigmodon arizonae (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mammalian Species 43(1): 149-154.

Hafner, D. J., Yensen, E. and Kirkland Jr., G. L. (1998). Status survey and conservation action plan - North American Rodents. IUCN/SSC Rodent Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland.

Jones, J. Knox Jnr., Carter, Dilford C., Genoways, Hugh H., Hoffmann, Robert S. and Rice, Dale W. (1986). Revised Checklist of North American Mammals North of Mexico, 1986. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University 107: 1-22.

Linzey, A. V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. and Lacher, T. (2008). Sigmodon arizonae. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 28 July 2013.

Severinghaus, W. D., and D. F. Hoffmeister. 1978. Qualitative cranial characters distinguishing Sigmodon hispidus and Sigmodon arizonae and the distribution of these two species in northern Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 59: 868-870.

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