Hispid Cotton Rat

Sigmodon hispidus Say & Ord 1825

age at maturity

• Morgan Ernest 2003: 1.31 months (average)

body mass

• Morgan Ernest 2003: 6.69 g (neonate, average)
• Morgan Ernest 2003: 23.56 g (weanling, average)
• Morgan Ernest 2003: 185 g (female, adult, average)

clutch/brood/litter size

• Morgan Ernest 2003: 5.58 (average)

gestation period duration

• Morgan Ernest 2003: 0.89 months (average)

life span

• Morgan Ernest 2003: 62 months (max)

litters per year

• Morgan Ernest 2003: 2 (average)

weaning age

• Morgan Ernest 2003: 0.49 months (average)