Gray Spiny Mouse

Gray Spiny Mouse

Taxobox
name = Gray Spiny Mouse
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Acomys"
species = "A. cineraceus"
binomial = "Acomys cineraceus"
binomial_authority = Heuglin, 1877
synonyms = "A. cinerasceus"

The Gray Spiny Mouse or Grey Spiny Mouse ("Acomys cineraceus") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It it found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, rocky areas, arable land, and rural gardens.

References

* Dieterlen, F. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/265/all Acomys cineraceus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.


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