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Sigmodon hispidus
(redirected from Hispid Cotton Rat)

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Noun1.Sigmodon hispidus - destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America
cotton rat
gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
genus Sigmodon, Sigmodon - American cotton rats
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The ubiquitous house mouse (Mus musculus) is the principal host of LCMV, woodrats (Neotoma species) in the southwestern United States are the principal hosts of WWAV, and the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) in southern Florida is the principal host of TAMV (2-8).
Bear Canyon virus: an arenavirus naturally associated with the ... by Bradley, Robert D. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Whitewater Arroyo virus (WWAV) is antigenically and genetically most closely related to Tamiami virus, which was isolated from hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) in Everglades National Park in south Florida and had been the only Tacaribe complex arenavirus known to occur in North America (4).
Transmission of an Arenavirus in White-Throated Woodrats (Neotoma ... by Beaty, Barry J. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Four species (Sigmodon hispidus = hispid cotton rat, Tamias minimus = least chipmunk, Chaetodipus hispidus = hispid pocket mouse, and Perognathus flavus = silky pocket mouse) with fewer than five expected dual captures but one or more observed dual captures were not evaluated further.
Dual Captures of Colorado Rodents: Implications for Transmission of ... by Beaty, Barry J. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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