Definition of Sigmodon hispidus

1. Noun. Destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America.

Exact synonyms: Cotton Rat
Generic synonyms: Gnawer, Rodent
Group relationships: Genus Sigmodon, Sigmodon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sigmodon Hispidus

Sierra Leonians
Sierra Madre Occidental
Sierra Madre Oriental
Sierra Miwok
Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Sierra lodgepole pine
Sierra plum
Sierra redwood
Sieur de LaSalle
Sievert
Sif
Sigaultian
Siggaard-Andersen nomogram
Sigmodon
Sigmodon hispidus (current term)
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Romberg
Signe
Signorelli's sign
Sigourney
Sigrid
Sigrid Undset
Sigurd
Sigyn
Siha
Siirt
Sikar
Sikh
Sikhism

Literary usage of Sigmodon hispidus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"Western Chiapas and eastern Oaxaca Sigmodon hispidus griseus Allen. 1908. ... Sigmodon hispidus major Bailey. 1902. Sigmodon hispidus major BAILEY, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1903)
"Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord. Sigmodon hispidus Say and Orel, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., IV, pt. il, 354, 1825. Type locality.—St. Johns River, Florida. ..."

3. A Synopsis of the Mammals of North America and Adjacent Seas by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1901)
"Bangs 142 49. Sigmodon. Say and Ord., 1825. 209. Sigmodon hispidus. ... 144 Sigmodon hispidus arizonae. ..."

4. The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1907)
"Sigmodon hispidus eremicus Mearns. Preliminary Diagnoses of New Mammals of the ... Sigmodon hispidus major Bailey. Biological Survey collection. Proc. Biol. ..."

5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1906)
"5-8, May 27, and July 7 (the latter four specimens in formalin). Not appreciably different from Tepic and Jalisco specimens. 11. Sigmodon hispidus ..."

6. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1908)
"Dusky Scorpion Mouse. Merriam, ibid, No. 3, p. 59. Between San Francisco Mountain and Desert of the Little Colorado, Arizona. loo. Sigmodon hispidus ..."

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