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Definition of Sigmodon hispidus
1. Noun. Destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America.
Generic synonyms: Gnawer, Rodent
Group relationships: Genus Sigmodon, Sigmodon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sigmodon Hispidus
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 ..."