Sigmodon hispidus


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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 mosquito Culex (Melanoconion) cedecei is the sole enzootic vector of EVEV (2-4); rodents, particularly Peromyscus gossypinus (cotton mouse) and Sigmodon hispidus (hispid cotton rat), are the primary reservoir hosts (5-7).
Patterns of Abundance, Host Use, and Everglades Virus Infection in Culex (Melanoconion) cedecei Mosquitoes, Florida, USA
Other species of small mammals captured in trap lines (i.e., Sigmodon hispidus, Reithrodontomys megalotis, Dipodomys ordii, and Neotoma micropus) are also listed.
RANGE EXPANSION OF THE NORTHERN PYGMY MOUSE (BAIOMYS TAYLORI) INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO
(a) Sunbathing during intense midday heat, (b) wing-drooping (Thomsen 1971), and (c) delivering Sialia sialis, Eastern bluebird and (d) Sigmodon hispidus, hispid cotton rat prey.
Diet and behavior of extralimital western burrowing owls (athene cunicularia hypogea) in tallgrass prairie
Herbivorous rodents such as meadow voles and hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) dominate in grassy old fields; the latter is especially dominant throughout the southeastern United States (Cameron and Spencer, 1981).
Girdling by the hispid cotton rat as a significant source of mortality in a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) successional forest
Seasonal % Volume Spring Summer Fall Winter (n = 26) (n = 23) (n = 37) (n = 19) Mammals Sus scrofa 36.5 28.1 4.7 7.8 Odocoileus virginianus 14.0 2.2 6.9 37.4 Procyon lotor 14.0 4.4 2.1 8.2 Syluilagus palustris 8.2 0.2 2.4 4.0 Dasypus novemcinctus 0.0 3.5 0.4 0.0 Sciurus carolinensis 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 Oryzomys palustris 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 Sigmodon hispidus 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 Unidentified mammal 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.1 Subtotal 74.6 38.5 18.3 57.5 Birds, unidentified 9.5 0.0 0.1 4.7 Reptiles 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 Fish, unidentified 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 Invertebrates Coleoptera Scarabaeidae 0.7 2.2 1.1 0.1 Carabidae 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.4 Curculionidae 0.1 0.0 trace 0.2 Calosoma sp.
Food of bobcats and coyotes from Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia
Studies on the life cycle of Physaloptera hispida Schell (Nematoda:Spiruroidea) a parasite of the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus littoralis Chapman).
Parasitic nematodes of Polychrus acutirostris (Polychrotidae) in the Caatinga biome, Northeastern Brazil/Nematoides parasitas de Polycrhus acutirostris (Polychrotidae) no bioma Caatinga, Nordeste do Brasil
(8) A rodent reservoir in the indigenous cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, was suspected and established initially by a 13% seroprevalence of antihantaviral IgG antibodies in trapped cotton rats; it was later confirmed by the detection of BCC virus RNA in seropositive rats by reverse transcriptasepolymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay.
Recognition and management of rodent-borne infectious disease outbreaks after heavy rainfall and flooding
Allen, 1894 Sigmodon hispidus AM Say y Ord, 1825 Sigmodon mascotensis MA EM J.A.
Mastofauna del area de proteccion de flora y fauna La Primavera, Jalisco, Mexico

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