Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: W. S. Strain. 1966. Blancan mammalian fauna and Pleistocene formations, Hudspeth County, Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 10:1-55
Belongs to Sigmodon according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980
See also Strain 1966
Sister taxa: Sigmodon alstoni, Sigmodon bakeri, Sigmodon chonensis, Sigmodon curtisi, Sigmodon hispidus, Sigmodon libitinus, Sigmodon lindsayi, Sigmodon minor, Sigmodon ochrognathus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hudspeth (TMM 40240), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Fort Hancock Formation of Texas
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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