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Arabian Spiny Mouse from Eastern Saudi Arabia. The eastern spiny mouse is a small rodent with a head-and-body length of up to 17.5 cm (7 in) and a tail of up to 12.5 cm (5 in), and a maximum weight of about 90 g (3.2 oz). The fur feels coarse when rubbed against the lie of the hairs, each individual hair being dark tan with a greyish tip.
The term spiny mouse refers to any species of rodent within the genus Acomys. [1] Similar in appearance to mice of the genus Mus , spiny mice are small mammals with bare tails which contain osteoderms , a rare feature in mammals. [ 2 ]
The eastern harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Southeastern United States . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland , swamps , and pastureland.
Western Saharan spiny mouse; Cairo spiny mouse; Gray spiny mouse; Eastern spiny mouse; Fiery spiny mouse; Johan's spiny mouse; Kemp's spiny mouse; Louise's spiny mouse; Mullah spiny mouse; Percival's spiny mouse; Golden spiny mouse; Seurat's spiny mouse; Southern African spiny mouse; Cape spiny mouse; Wilson's spiny mouse; Bocage's rock rat ...
Family Platacanthomyidae (spiny dormice and Chinese pygmy dormice) Family Spalacidae (blind mole-rats and bamboo rats) Family Calomyscidae (mouse-like hamsters) Family Nesomyidae (Malagasy mice and rats and African climbing mice) Family Cricetidae (true hamsters, voles and lemmings) Family Muridae (true rats, true mice and gerbils) Superfamily ...
The subfamily Deomyinae consists of four genera of mouse-like rodents that were previously placed in the subfamilies Murinae and Dendromurinae. [1] [2] They are sometimes called the Acomyinae, particularly in references that antedate the discovery that the link rat, Deomys ferugineus, is part of the clade.
Heteromys is a genus of rodents in the family Heteromyidae, [1] commonly known as spiny pocket mice.It is the only extant genus in the subfamily Heteromyinae which also includes the extinct genera Diprionomys and Metaliomys. [2]
A spiny pocket mouse weighs about 13–18 g (0.46–0.63 oz). Their body length ranges from 164 to 225 mm (6.5 to 8.9 in). ... This mouse's diet varies according to ...