Southern African Spiny Mouse

Southern African Spiny Mouse

Taxobox
name = Spiny Mouse
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Acomys"
species = "A. spinosissimus"
binomial = "Acomys spinosissimus"
binomial_authority = Peters, 1852
synonyms =
The Southern African Spiny Mouse ("Acomys spinosissimus") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It it found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitats are moist savanna and rocky areas.

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* Schlitter, D. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/274/all Acomys spinosissimus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.


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