Sigmodon (Cotton Rats)

Genus

Cotton Rats

Sigmodon

5 species in our catalog · found in 13 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Hispid Cotton Rat
LC

Hispid Cotton Rat

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Sigmodon hispidus

0–10% · With luck
Southern Cotton Rat
LC

Southern Cotton Rat

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Sigmodon hirsutus

Insufficient data
Peruvian cotton rat
LC

Peruvian cotton rat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Sigmodon peruanus

Insufficient data
Toltec Cotton Rat
LC

Toltec Cotton Rat

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Sigmodon toltecus

Insufficient data
Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat
LC

Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Sigmodon ochrognathus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

0–10
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
0–10
Apr
<5
May
0–10
Jun
<5
Jul
0–10
Aug
0–10
Sep
0–10
Oct
<5
Nov
0–10
Dec

🕐 When They're Spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Where to see Cotton Rats

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#ParkCountrySpeciesP(≥1)
1 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
0–10%
2 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States 1
0–10%
3 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
0–10%
4 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States 2
0–10%
5 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador 1
0–10%
6 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
0–10%
7 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
0–10%
8 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
<5%
9 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
<5%
10 Congaree National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
<5%
11 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
<5%
12 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
<5%
13 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama 1
<5%