Peruvian cotton rat

Peruvian cotton rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Sigmodon
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.

References

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.