#sigmodontinae

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Peruvian Rice Rat Oreoryzomys balneator

It is found in Ecuador and northern Peru in cloud forest at elevations from 1500 to 1800 m.

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Allen's Cotton Rat Sigmodon alleni

It is endemic to western Mexico, where its distribution extends from Sinaloa to Oaxaca. It creates runways in grassy areas and constructs nests out of grass in logs, under rocks, and in clumps of vegetation. It is affected by deforestation in its native range.

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Quaestor Hocicudo Oxymycterus quaestor

It is found in southeastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina, where it lives in forest and moist and dry scrub.

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Boquete Rice Rat Nephelomys devius

It is found in cloud forest in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama.

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[biol525-mammalogy]

rodentia -> myodonta -> cricetidae -> sigmodontinae -> sigmodon hispidus (cotton rat)

here i tried to draw the S pattern (mirrored S on left side)