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Scientific Name
Sigmodon hispidus
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord, 1825
Park
Blue Ridge Parkway (BLRI)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Hispid Cotton Rat
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassMammalia
SubclassTheria
InfraclassEutheria
OrderRodentia
SuborderMyomorpha
SuperfamilyMuroidea
FamilyCricetidae
SubfamilySigmodontinae
GenusSigmodon
SubgenusSigmodon (Sigmodon)
SpeciesSigmodon hispidus
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Britzke, E. 2007. Mammal Inventory of Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia. Final report submitted to the NPS, Appalachian Highlands I&M Network, 34pp.; Knowles, T, M. Steele, and P. Weigl. 1989. Survey of rare and endangered vertebrates of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, Report to NPS, Wake Forest University, 175pp.; Catlin, D. 1984. A Naturalist's Blue Ridge Parkway, University of TN Press, Knoxville, 208pp
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Data Source: Britzke, E. 2007. Mammal Inventory of Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia. Final report submitted to the NPS, Appalachian Highlands I&M Network, 34pp.; Knowles, T, M. Steele, and P. Weigl. 1989. Survey of rare and endangered vertebrates of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, Report to NPS, Wake Forest University, 175pp.; Catlin, D. 1984. A Naturalist's Blue Ridge Parkway, University of TN Press, Knoxville, 208pp; Webster, W., J. Parnell, and W. Biggs, Jr., 1985. Mammals of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland, University of NC Press, Chapel Hill, 255pp; Wilson, D. and S. Ruff. 1999. North American Mammals, Smithsonian Institution Press, 750pp;
Abundance
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
1
References
3
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
sjd-MACA
Created Date
10/25/2000 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
eraskin@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
1/11/2021 9:30:12 AM
Notes
Park Species Data Source: Teague 2000
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