Alston s Cotton Rat vs tangled hypericum

Sigmodon alstoni compared with Hypericum triquetrifolium

Key Differences

• Alston s Cotton Rat is Least Concern while tangled hypericum is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alston s Cotton Rat	tangled hypericum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Hypericaceae
Genus	Sigmodon	Hypericum
Species	Sigmodon alstoni	Hypericum triquetrifolium

Conservation Status

Alston s Cotton Rat

LC — Least Concern

tangled hypericum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alston s Cotton Rat	tangled hypericum
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.

tangled hypericum

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.