Alston s Cotton Rat vs Wild Pimento

Sigmodon alstoni compared with Pimenta jamaicensis

Key Differences

• Alston s Cotton Rat is Least Concern while Wild Pimento is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alston s Cotton Rat	Wild Pimento
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Cricetidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Sigmodon	Pimenta
Species	Sigmodon alstoni	Pimenta jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Alston s Cotton Rat

LC — Least Concern

Wild Pimento

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alston s Cotton Rat	Wild Pimento
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.

Wild Pimento

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.