Summary ¹

The Tawny-bellied Cotton Rat (Sigmodon fulviventer) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico and in the US states of Arizona and New Mexico.

Description ²

"The tawny-bellied cotton rat is the largest of the Sigmodon species, and dominates other cotton rats where more than one species occurs. Its back fur has a speckled, ""salt and pepper"" look, and its underparts are buff-colored, giving it two common names: tawny-bellied and yellow-bellied. The tail is dark and has just enough hair to hide the scales. Like other cotton rats, and voles, the tawny-bellied cotton rat constructs grass-lined paths. Litters of 4 or 6 young are born in nests built from woven grasses. They leave the nest to run around when they are about a week old, and are sexually mature and ready to breed when they are about six weeks old."

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Fuentes y créditos

1. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmodon_fulviventer
2. (c) Smithsonian Institution, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/16146965

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