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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 ]
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 ...
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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.
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Wilson's spiny mouse (Acomys wilsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. [2] It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rocky areas.Molecular evidence suggests that spiny mice (Acomys) are genetically more closely related to gerbils (Gerbillinae) than they are to actual ...