 In longleaf pine-slash pine stands of central Louisiana hispid cotton rats were captured in sawtimber, sapling, and regeneration stands but not in pole-sized timber; stands
with surface cover were more likely to support hispid cotton rats.Pole-sized timber is dense, little light reaches the ground, and surface cover is minimal.In Louisiana and Mississippi, hispid cotton rats were more numerous in cut than in uncut bottomland hardwoods.