Alston s Cotton Rat vs northern ash

Sigmodon alstoni compared with Fraxinus bungeana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alston s Cotton Rat	northern ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Oleaceae
Genus	Sigmodon	Fraxinus
Species	Sigmodon alstoni	Fraxinus bungeana

Conservation Status

Alston s Cotton Rat

LC — Least Concern

northern ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alston s Cotton Rat	northern ash
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.

northern ash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.