Tawny-bellied cotton rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Tawny-bellied cotton rat Sigmodon fulviventer Least concern

Where the tawny-bellied cotton rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 73 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Sigmodon fulviventer
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the tawny-bellied cotton rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the tawny-bellied cotton rat in 1 country or territory across North America.

Mexico

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the tawny-bellied cotton rat endangered?

The tawny-bellied cotton rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the tawny-bellied cotton rat?

The tawny-bellied cotton rat (Sigmodon fulviventer) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Sigmodon. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the tawny-bellied cotton rat

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tawny-bellied cotton rat (revision 1380851577), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1769782 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).