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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 ...
Lifespan in years Guinea pig 910 No 0 - No Crepuscular (Active during twilight) 5-7 Mouse 35 No 3 - Long Nocturnal/Crepuscular 2 Rat 450 One 3 - Long Nocturnal 2 Hamster 160 [6] No 1 - Very short Nocturnal/Crepuscular 2 Hamster, dwarf 40 No 1 - Very short Nocturnal/Crepuscular 2–3 [7] Gerbil 90 Some 4 - Yes Crepuscular 3 Degu 300 Yes 4 - Yes
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.
There is a positive relationship between mass at birth and length of gestation in eutherian mammals. [17] Larger mammals are more likely to produce a well-developed neonate than small mammals.
Eastern spiny mouse; From scientific name of a mammal: This is a redirect from a scientific name of a mammal (or group of mammals) to a vernacular ("common") name.
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 .
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.