Sigmodon (Sigmodon) inopinatus Anthony 1924

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1176

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scientific name	Sigmodon (Sigmodon) inopinatus Anthony 1924
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Sigmodon (Sigmodon) inopinatus Anthony 1924 , Am. Mus . Novit., 114: 3.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Chimborazo Prov., Mt Chimborazo, Urbina, 11,400 ft (3474 m).

Vernacular Names: Ecuadorian Cotton Rat.

Distribution: Known only from high Andes in Azuay and Chimborazo provinces, Ecuador.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sigmodon ( S. fulviventer species group?). Lumped under S. hispidus by Cabrera (1961), following the footnoted opinion of Hershkovitz (1955 a), but distinctive morphology reasserted and species reinstated by Voss (1992).