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Cotton rat: A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the US. The cotton rate is found in the southeastern US and Central and South America. Its head and body measure about 5 to 7 inches with another 3 to 4 inches for the tail. The hair is longer and coarser, of a grayish brown color, even grayish black. The cotton rat prefers overgrown areas with shrubs and tall grasses. Scientific name: Sigmodon hispidus.
Hispid Cotton Rat Order Rodentia: Family Muridae : Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord. Description. A moderately large, robust rat with pattern of last ...
Hispid cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, damage control methods and techniques by Donald W. Hawthorne.
Identification . The hispid cotton rat is a moderately large, robust rodent with a scaly, sparsely haired tail that is shorter than the combined head and body.
cotton rat (rodent), any of 10 species of terrestrial rodents found from the southern United States to northern South America. Cotton rats are stout-bodied with small ...
For over a half century the cotton rat has served as a model for a remarkably extensive list of human and rodent pathogens. Currently its use is most important in ...