Sigmodon hispidus - #6005
Hispid Cotton Rat
Skull & dentary. University of South Alabama #707 Alabama, Escambia County, Route 65, 3.3 miles south of Route 45
Geographic Distribution
SE USA, from S Nebraska to C Virginia and south to SE Arizona and peninsular Florida; NW Chihuahua to N Tamaulipas, south through interior México at least to C Zacatecas and W San Luis Potosà (southern limits with respect to S. mascotensis and S. toltecus need reverification)
Order/Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Sigmodon
Specific Epithet
hispidus
Photographer
AV Linzey