Wilson's spiny mouse
Species of rodent
| Wilson's spiny mouse | |
|---|---|
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Acomys |
| Species: | A. wilsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Acomys wilsoni Thomas, 1892 | |
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 mice (Muridae) based on their murine morphology.[3]
References
- ^ Cassola, F. (2017). "Acomys wilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T276A113477310. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T276A113477310.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1200. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Chevret, P; Denys, C; Jaeger, J J; Michaux, J; Catzeflis, F M (1993-04-15). "Molecular evidence that the spiny mouse (Acomys) is more closely related to gerbils (Gerbillinae) than to true mice (Murinae)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90 (8): 3433–3436. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.8.3433. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 46314. PMID 8475093.
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Extant species of subfamily Deomyinae
(Spiny mice)
- Western Saharan spiny mouse (A. airensis)
- Cairo spiny mouse (A. cahirinus)
- Chudeau's spiny mouse (A. chudeaui)
- Asia Minor spiny mouse (A. cilicicus)
- Gray spiny mouse (A. cineraceus)
- Eastern spiny mouse (A. dimidiatus)
- Fiery spiny mouse (A. ignitus)
- Johan's spiny mouse (A. johannis)
- Kemp's spiny mouse (A. kempi)
- Louise's spiny mouse (A. louisae)
- Crete spiny mouse (A. minous)
- Mullah spiny mouse (A. mullah)
- Muze spiny mouse (A. muzei)
- Cyprus spiny mouse (A. nesiotes)
- Nguru spiny mouse (A. ngurui)
- Percival's spiny mouse (A. percivali)
- Golden spiny mouse (A. russatus)
- Seurat's spiny mouse (A. seurati)
- Southern African spiny mouse (A. spinosissimus)
- Cape spiny mouse (A. subspinosus)
- Wilson's spiny mouse (A. wilsoni)
- Link rat (D. ferrugineus)
(Brush-furred mice)
- Subgenus Kivumys
- Yellow-bellied brush-furred rat (L. luteogaster)
- Medium-tailed brush-furred rat (L. medicaudatus)
- Woosnam's brush-furred rat (L. woosnami)
- Subgenus Lophuromys
- Angolan brush-furred rat (L. angolensis)
- Ansorge's brush-furred rat (L. ansorgei)
- Gray brush-furred rat (L. aquilus)
- Short-tailed brush-furred rat (L. brevicaudus)
- Thomas's Ethiopian brush-furred rat (L. brunneus)
- Mount Chercher brush-furred rat (L. chercherensis)
- Ethiopian forest brush-furred rat (L. chrysopus)
- Dieterlen's brush-furred mouse (L. dieterleni)
- Dudu's brush-furred rat (L. dudui)
- Eisentraut's brush-furred rat (L. eisentrauti)
- Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat (L. flavopunctatus)
- Hutterer's brush-furred mouse (L. huttereri)
- Kilonzo's brush furred rat (L. kilonzoi)
- L. laticeps
- L. machangui
- Makundi's brush-furred rat (L. makundii)
- L. margarettae
- Black-clawed brush-furred rat (L. melanonyx)
- North Western Rift brush-furred rat (L. menageshae)
- Fire-bellied brush-furred rat (L. nudicaudus)
- Sheko Forest brush-furred rat (L. pseudosikapusi)
- Rahm's brush-furred rat (L. rahmi)
- L. rita
- Mount Cameroon brush-furred rat (L. roseveari)
- Sabuni's brush-furred rat (L. sabunii)
- Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat (L. sikapusi)
- L. simensis
- Stanley's brush-furred rat (L. stanleyi)
- Verhagen's brush-furred rat (L. verhageni)
- Zena's brush-furred rat (L. zena)
- Rudd's mouse (U. ruddi)
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