Common Name
Tawny-bellied Cotton Rat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Sigmodon fulviventer
Status
Extinct as S. f. goldmani, otherwise Lower Risk
States
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Distribution
SE Arizona, WC New Mexico, and SW Texas, south through interior Mexico to Guanajuato and NW Michoacán
Notes
Habits similar to Hispid Cotton Rat. Found more among the sedges at water's edge, while Hispid is found in the more peripheral grassy areas. Habitat is dense grass, mesquite grassland, grassy areas in oak and piñon-juniper woodlands.