Alston s Cotton Rat vs coronated cone

Sigmodon alstoni compared with Conus coronatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alston s Cotton Rat	coronated cone
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Cricetidae	Conidae
Genus	Sigmodon	Conus
Species	Sigmodon alstoni	Conus coronatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Alston s Cotton Rat and coronated cone share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Alston s Cotton Rat

LC — Least Concern

coronated cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alston s Cotton Rat	coronated cone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alston s Cotton Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

coronated cone

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

Alston s Cotton Rat

The Alston s Cotton Rat (Sigmodon alstoni) is a species in the genus Sigmodon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.