Common Names
Common Names in English:
Cairo Spiny Mouse, Egyptian Spiny Mouse
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,092 meters (0 to 6,864 feet).Mean = 390.760 meters (1,282.021 feet), Standard Deviation = 586.420 based on 357 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:6Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs
, mountain peaks)
8.1Desert - Hot
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & Mckenna, 1971) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 05-Feb-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acomys
There are approximately 32 species in this genus:
A. airensis (Western Saharan Spiny Mouse) · A. cahirinus (Cairo Spiny Mouse) · A. cahirinus cahirinus · A. cahirinus dimidiatus · A. cahirinus hunteri · A. chudeaui (Chudeau's Spiny Mouse) · A. cilicicus (Asia Minor Spiny Mouse) · A. cineraceus (Gray Spiny Mouse) · A. cineraseus · A. dimidiatus · A. dimidiatus dimidiatus · A. ignitus (Fiery Spiny Mouse) · A. ignitus ignitus · A. johannis (Johan's Spiny Mouse) · A. kempi (Kemp's Spiny Mouse) · A. louisae (Louise's Spiny Mouse) · A. mabele · A. minous (Crete Spiny Mouse) · A. mullah (Mullah Spiny Mouse) · A. nesiotes (Cyprus Spiny Mouse) · A. percivali (Percival's Spiny Mouse) · A. russatus (Golden Spiny Mouse) · A. russatus lewisi · A. russatus russatus · A. selousi · A. seurati (Seurat's Spiny Mouse) · A. spinosissimus (Spiny Mouse) · A. subspinosus (Cape Spiny Mouse) · A. subspinosus nubilus · A. wilsoni (Wilson's Spiny Mouse) · A. wilsoni argillaceus · A. wilsoni nubilus
Bibliography
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Mammal Species of the World
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Dieterlen, F. (GMA Africa Workshop) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 10 providers.
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
- Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2480814
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-585099
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13818529
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585099
- IUCN ID: 263
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1355
