Miahuatlán cotton rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Genus: | Sigmodon |
Species: | S. planifrons |
Binomial name | |
Sigmodon planifrons Nelson & Goldman, 1933 |
The Miahuatlán cotton rat (Sigmodon planifrons) is a rodent species in the family Cricetidae. It is found only on the Pacific slope of the Sierra de Miahuatlán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where it lives in deciduous tropical forest.