| Jaliscan cotton rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Sigmodon |
| Species: | S. mascotensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sigmodon mascotensis J. A. Allen, 1897
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The Jaliscan cotton rat or Mexican cotton rat (Sigmodon mascotensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico. They commonly have brown fur with white fur on the belly.[2] They are ground-dwelling and prefer open habitats.[3]
- ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Sigmodon mascotensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20216A115157887. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20216A22355790.en.
- ^ Martínez-Chapital, Sara T; Schnell, Gary D; Sánchez-Hernández, Cornelio; Romero-Almaraz, María de Lourdes (11 September 2017). "Sigmodon mascotensis (Rodentia: Cricetidae)". Mammalian Species. 49 (954): 109–118. doi:10.1093/mspecies/sex013.
- ^ Poindexter, Cassie J.; Schnell, Gary D.; Sánchez-Hernández, Cornelio; Romero-Almaraz, María de Lourdes; Kennedy, Michael L.; Best, Troy L.; Wooten, Michael C.; Owen, Robert D. (July 2012). "Variation in habitat use of coexisting rodent species in a tropical dry deciduous forest". Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde. 77 (4): 249–257. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2012.03.004.