Alston s Cotton Rat vs rhesus monkey

Sigmodon alstoni compared with Macaca mulatta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alston s Cotton Rat	rhesus monkey
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Cricetidae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Sigmodon	Macaca
Species	Sigmodon alstoni	Macaca mulatta

Evolutionary Relationship

Alston s Cotton Rat and rhesus monkey share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

View Class: Mammalia

Conservation Status

Alston s Cotton Rat

LC — Least Concern

rhesus monkey

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alston s Cotton Rat	rhesus monkey
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.

rhesus monkey

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Iran, Japan), Europe (Germany), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia).

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.