Alston s Cotton Rat vs Beaked Clothes

Sigmodon alstoni compared with Tinea translucens

Key Differences

• Alston s Cotton Rat is Least Concern while Beaked Clothes is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alston s Cotton Rat	Beaked Clothes
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Arthropoda (artrópode)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Insecta (inseto)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Cricetidae	Tineidae
Genus	Sigmodon	Tinea
Species	Sigmodon alstoni	Tinea translucens

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Alston s Cotton Rat

LC — Least Concern

Beaked Clothes

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alston s Cotton Rat	Beaked Clothes
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.

Beaked Clothes

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Asia (Cyprus, Japan), and Europe (23 countries).

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.

Beaked Clothes

The Beaked Clothes (Tinea translucens) is a species in the genus Tinea. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.