White-eared cotton rat

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| status = LC| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. |author2=Castro-Arellano, I. |author3=Lacher, T. |author4=Vázquez, E. |date=2016 |title=Sigmodon leucotis |volume=2016 |page=e.T20215A22355853 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T20215A22355853.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Sigmodon

| species = leucotis

| authority = Bailey, 1902

| synonyms =

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The white-eared cotton rat (Sigmodon leucotis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

It is found only in Mexico.

References

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  • 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.

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Category:Cotton rats

Category:Mammals described in 1902

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Endemic mammals of Mexico

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