Sigmodon (Sigmodon) fulviventer J. A. Allen 1889

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1174

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Sigmodon (Sigmodon) fulviventer J. A. Allen 1889 , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 2: 180.

Type Locality: México, Zacatecas State, Zacatecas.

Vernacular Names: Tawny-bellied Cotton Rat.

Synonyms: Sigmodon (Sigmodon) dalquesti Stangl, Jr. 1992 ; Sigmodon (Sigmodon) goldmani Bailey 1913 ; Sigmodon (Sigmodon) melanotis Bailey 1902 ; Sigmodon (Sigmodon) minimus Mearns 1894 ; Sigmodon (Sigmodon) woodi M. C. Gardner 1948 .

Distribution: SE Arizona, WC New Mexico, and SW Texas (see Stangl, 1992), USA, south through interior México to Guanajuato and NW Michoacán.

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct as S. f. goldmani , otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sigmodon , S. fulviventer species group. Sister species to S. leucotis according to phylogenetic interpretation of cytochrome b data ( Peppers and Bradley, 2000; Peppers et al., 2002). See Baker and Shump (1978, Mammalian Species, 94).