Arizona cotton rat

Arizona cotton rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Sigmodon
Species:
S. arizonae
Binomial name
Sigmodon arizonae
Mearns, 1890

The Arizona cotton rat or Colorado River cotton rat (Sigmodon arizonae) is a rat in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

  1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. (2016). "Sigmodon arizonae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20211A22355540. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T20211A22355540.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.