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Sigmodon hispidus (hispid cotton rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Sigmodon hispidus was named by Say and Ord (1825). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord
1970Sigmodon hispidus Dalquest and Roth p. 227
1980Sigmodon hispidus Kurten and Anderson p. 251

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeSigmodontiniWagner 1843
genusSigmodonSay and Ord 1825
specieshispidusSay and Ord 1825

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 [hispid cotton rat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:54:46
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:54:46
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Rancholabrean to the top of the Holocene or 0.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene (glacial)0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Sigmodon hispidus (75974)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Sigmodon hispidus (20398 20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sigmodon hispidus (20586)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sigmodon hispidus (20608 154771 154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sigmodon hispidus (20571 20573 20594 20595 20634 20653 79667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Sigmodon hispidus (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Sigmodon hispidus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sigmodon hispidus (74470 93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Sigmodon hispidus (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Sigmodon hispidus (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Sigmodon hispidus (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sigmodon hispidus (74473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sigmodon hispidus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sigmodon hispidus (20638 34269 74292 154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sigmodon hispidus (79581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Sigmodon hispidus (63515)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Sigmodon hispidus (74474 79584)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Sigmodon hispidus (21691)