Cairo Spiny Mouse
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| Cairo Spiny Mouse | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Acomys |
| Species: | A. cahirinus |
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| Acomys cahirinus (É. Geoffrey, 1803) |
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Acomys chudeaui |
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The Cairo Spiny Mouse (Acomys cahirinus), also known as the Common Spiny Mouse or the Egyptian Spiny Mouse, is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Libya, Egypt, Israel, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Djibouti.
Its natural habitats are rocky areas and hot deserts. It is omnivorous and feeds on seeds, desert plants, snails, and insects.
[edit] References
- ^ Dieterlen, F., Schlitter, D. & Amori, G. (2008). Acomys cahirinus. 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=13001002.
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