Golden Spiny Mouse

Taxobox
name = Golden Spiny Mouse


status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
superfamilia = Muroidea
familia = Muridae
subfamilia = Deomyinae
genus = "Acomys"
species = "A. russatus"
binomial = "Acomys russatus"
binomial_authority = (Wagner, 1840)The Golden Spiny Mouse, "Acomys russatus", is indigenous to deserts. Its body is 12.5 cm long and its tail is 6 cm. The average weight is 53 grams. It feeds on seeds, vegetation, snails, and insects. The golden spiny mouse is a diurnal rodent. This species exhibits behavioral flexibility in the timing of behavior. When the golden spiny mouse shares territory with the closely-related common spiny mouse ("Acomys cahirinus") it can become largely nocturnal to avoid direct competition for resources.