Cape Spiny Mouse
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| Cape Spiny Mouse | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Acomys |
| Species: | A. subspinosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acomys subspinosus (Waterhouse, 1838) |
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The Cape Spiny Mouse (Acomys subspinosus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found only in South Africa. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky areas.
[edit] References
- ^ Schlitter, D. & Taylor, P.J. (2008). Acomys subspinosus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 February 2009.
- ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001017.
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