Sigmodon

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Sigmodon m

1. 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
• Sigmodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sigmodon at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Sigmodon in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.