Acomys spinosissimus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Deomyinae
Genus: Acomys
Species: Acomys spinosissimus

Name

Acomys spinosissimus Peters, 1852

Type locality: Mozambique, Tette and Buio.

Holotype: Reise nach Mossambique, Saugeth., p. 160.

References

• Kingdon, J. 1984: East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Hares and Rodents). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2B: 654–658.
• Kingdon, J. 1997: The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 204-205.
• Nowak, R.M. 1999: Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2: 1344–1346, 1590-1592.
• Swynnerton, G.H. & R.W. Hayman. 1951: A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6): 274–392.

Vernacular names

English: Southern African Spiny Mouse.