Sigmodon arizonae Mearns, 1890

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 747

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scientific name	Sigmodon arizonae Mearns, 1890
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Sigmodon arizonae Mearns, 1890 . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2:287.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Arizona, Yavapai Co., Fort Verde .

DISTRIBUTION: Extreme SE California and SC Arizona, USA, south in W Mexico to Nayarit.

STATUS: IUCN - Endangered as S. a. plenus.

SYNONYMS: cienegae, jacksoni , major , plenus.

COMMENTS: Chromosomal and morphological differences have revealed the specific distinction of S. arizonae and S. hispidus (see Zimmerman, 1970; Severinghaus and Hoffmeister, 1978; Elder and Lee, 1985).