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Hispid Cotton Rat

Educational resources on Hispid Cotton Rat

Hispid Cotton Rat or Sigmodon hispidus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Hispid Cotton Rat

Academic web links for the Hispid Cotton Rat.


Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
Hispid Cotton Rat Order Rodentia: Family Muridae : Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord. Description. A moderately large, robust rat with pattern of last two lower
www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/sigmhisp.htm

North American Mammals: Sigmodon hispidus
The Hispid Cotton Rat's fur is sprinkled or streaked with blackish or dark brownish and grayish hairs. The Rats molt, losing and getting a new coat, three times in three months as
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=307

Hispid Cotton Rat
A small (8"-14.5"), robust rodent with a scaly, sparsely haired tail that is shorter than the body. Eyes are mederately large, ears are large but nearly hidden in the fur.
campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/howard.whiteman/field/mammals/hispidcottonrat.html

NDIS Hispid Cotton Rat Wildlife Page
...(*) NDIS has no county occurrence data for fish at this time. Hispid Cotton Rat NDIS Maps No Hispid Cotton Rat maps available! Hispid Cotton Rat Specific Links
ndis.nrel.colostate.edu/wildlifespx.asp?SpCode=051028

New World Mice And Rats (Family Cricetidae)
Description: The hispid cotton rat is a relatively large rodent with hispid pelage--that is, dorsal hairs are a mixture of black or dark brown and buffy or gray hairs.
www.ksr.ku.edu/libres/Mammals_of_Kansas/sigmo-hispid.html

Hispid cotton rat
Belize Biodiversity Information System Wildlife Conservation Society Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre 01/19/98 NAME - Hispid cotton rat
fwie.fw.vt.edu/WCS/051500.HTM

Hispid Cotton Rat
Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Photo and narrative description (Georgia Museum of Natural History) Photo and narrative description (Texas Parks and Wildlife)
georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/wildlife/hispidcottonrat.htm

Hispid Cotton Rat
Hispid Cotton Rat . Sigmodon hispidus
gallery.cs.umb.edu/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=401984

Hispid cotton rat
Often the most common small rodent of open farm and old field habitats in the southeastern United States (Whitaker and Hamilton 1998). In North Carolina, the cotton rat is most
www.basic.ncsu.edu/ncgap/sppreport/amaff07010.html

Hispid Cotton Rat
GPSr Tracklog (required) The track recorded by the GPS Receiver. It must be in gpsbabel.org's custom format and the timestamps must be valid.
gallery.cs.umb.edu/gallery/main.php?g2_view=map.GoogleEarthAlbum&g2_itemId=401984







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