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White-eared Cotton Rat

Sigmodon leucotis

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Illustration of White-eared Cotton Rat (Sigmodon leucotis)

The White-eared Cotton Rat is a high-altitude cotton rat of the Mexican highland plateau, living in grasslands and bunch-grass meadows above 2,000 meters. It is distinguished by its relatively pale, white-tipped ear pinnae. Like other cotton rats, it creates runways through dense grass and is an important prey species for raptors and carnivores in highland Mexico.

Habitat
Highland grasslands and meadows of the Mexican plateau
Diet
Grasses, sedges, forbs, and insects
How common
Uncommon

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