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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] ... Eastern spiny mouse, Acomys dimidiatus; ... Lifespan for spiny mice is 4 to 7 ...
The suborder Myomorpha contains 1,524 species of mouse-like rodents, [1] nearly a quarter of all mammal species. Included are mice , rats , gerbils , hamsters , lemmings , and voles . They are grouped according to the structure of their jaws and molar teeth .
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 ...
Indian porcupine Caucasian squirrel Greater Egyptian jerboa Palestine mole rat Sand rat Drawing of a short-tailed bandicoot rat Eastern spiny mouse. Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing.
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.
Cairo spiny mouse, Acomys cahirinus LC; Eastern spiny mouse, Acomys dimidiatus; ... They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped ...
Sulawesi spiny rat; Western gerbil; Giant thicket rat; Manipur bush rat; Marmoset rat; Eisentraut's striped mouse; Father Basilio's striped mouse; Baer's wood mouse; Mount Oku hylomyscus; Mount Oku rat; Dieterlen's brush-furred mouse; Lophuromys eisentrauti; Rahm's brush-furred rat; Alpine woolly rat; Pagai spiny rat; Watts's spiny rat; Dusky ...