Biology:Gray spiny mouse

Short description: Species of rodent

Gray spiny mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Acomys
Species:	A. cineraceus
Binomial name
Acomys cineraceus Fitzinger & Heuglin, 1866
Geographic range
Synonyms
Acomys cinerasceus Fitzinger & Heuglin, 1866 Acomys cinerascens Heuglin, 1877 Acomys hystrella Heller, 1911 Acomys witherbyi de Winton, 1901

The gray spiny mouse (Acomys cineraceus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, rocky areas, arable land, and rural gardens.

References

• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001005. 

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