Sigmodon
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Sigmodon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – the cotton rats.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Myomorpha – suborder; Muroidea – superfamily; Cricetidae – family; Sigmodontinae - subfamily; Sigmodontini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Sigmodon alleni, Sigmodon alstoni, Sigmodon arizonae, Sigmodon fulviventer, Sigmodon hispidus, Sigmodon leucotis, Sigmodon mascotensis, Sigmodon ochrognathus, Sigmodon inopinatus, Sigmodon peruanus - species
References
- Cotton rat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sigmodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Sigmodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Sigmodon at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Sigmodon in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.