Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat
Sigmodon ochrognathus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 65
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The yellow-nosed cotton rat (Sigmodon ochrognathus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is native to Mexico and to the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States, where it inhabits mountain grassland, scrub, and pinyon-juniper woodland. It is common over much of its wide range and the IUCN considers it to be of "least concern".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yellow-nosed cotton rat”.