Crete spiny mouse
Species of rodent
| Crete spiny mouse | |
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| An Acomys minous at the Natural History Museum of Crete | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Acomys |
| Species: | A. minous |
| Binomial name | |
| Acomys minous (Bate, 1906) | |
The Crete spiny mouse (Acomys minous) is a species of mouse endemic to Crete. It is characterized by the coarse, stiff hairs on its back and tail and a notably grayer coloration and more pointed face than other species of spiny mice. Its fur color varies from yellow to red, gray or brown on its face and back, with white fur on its underside. It is a nocturnal forager, feeding mainly on grass blades and seeds, and builds only a very rudimentary nest.
The gestation is between five and six weeks, which is unusually long for a mouse. At birth, other females clean and assist the mother. The young are well developed with open eyes when they are born.
Its taxonomic position is uncertain (it may be a variant of the Cairo spiny mouse) leading the IUCN to consider it data deficient, but it is common within its range and even if a valid species it is not threatened.[1]
References
- Burnie, David, ed. (2001), "Crete spiny mouse", Animal, Dorling Kindersly, p. 155
- ^ a b Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2019). "Acomys minous". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T269A2789048. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T269A2789048.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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Extant species of subfamily Deomyinae
(Spiny mice)
- Western Saharan spiny mouse (A. airensis)
- Cairo spiny mouse (A. cahirinus)
- Chudeau's spiny mouse (A. chudeaui)
- Asia Minor spiny mouse (A. cilicicus)
- Gray spiny mouse (A. cineraceus)
- Eastern spiny mouse (A. dimidiatus)
- Fiery spiny mouse (A. ignitus)
- Johan's spiny mouse (A. johannis)
- Kemp's spiny mouse (A. kempi)
- Louise's spiny mouse (A. louisae)
- Crete spiny mouse (A. minous)
- Mullah spiny mouse (A. mullah)
- Muze spiny mouse (A. muzei)
- Cyprus spiny mouse (A. nesiotes)
- Nguru spiny mouse (A. ngurui)
- Percival's spiny mouse (A. percivali)
- Golden spiny mouse (A. russatus)
- Seurat's spiny mouse (A. seurati)
- Southern African spiny mouse (A. spinosissimus)
- Cape spiny mouse (A. subspinosus)
- Wilson's spiny mouse (A. wilsoni)
- Link rat (D. ferrugineus)
(Brush-furred mice)
- Subgenus Kivumys
- Yellow-bellied brush-furred rat (L. luteogaster)
- Medium-tailed brush-furred rat (L. medicaudatus)
- Woosnam's brush-furred rat (L. woosnami)
- Subgenus Lophuromys
- Angolan brush-furred rat (L. angolensis)
- Ansorge's brush-furred rat (L. ansorgei)
- Gray brush-furred rat (L. aquilus)
- Short-tailed brush-furred rat (L. brevicaudus)
- Thomas's Ethiopian brush-furred rat (L. brunneus)
- Mount Chercher brush-furred rat (L. chercherensis)
- Ethiopian forest brush-furred rat (L. chrysopus)
- Dieterlen's brush-furred mouse (L. dieterleni)
- Dudu's brush-furred rat (L. dudui)
- Eisentraut's brush-furred rat (L. eisentrauti)
- Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat (L. flavopunctatus)
- Hutterer's brush-furred mouse (L. huttereri)
- Kilonzo's brush furred rat (L. kilonzoi)
- L. laticeps
- L. machangui
- Makundi's brush-furred rat (L. makundii)
- L. margarettae
- Black-clawed brush-furred rat (L. melanonyx)
- North Western Rift brush-furred rat (L. menageshae)
- Fire-bellied brush-furred rat (L. nudicaudus)
- Sheko Forest brush-furred rat (L. pseudosikapusi)
- Rahm's brush-furred rat (L. rahmi)
- L. rita
- Mount Cameroon brush-furred rat (L. roseveari)
- Sabuni's brush-furred rat (L. sabunii)
- Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat (L. sikapusi)
- L. simensis
- Stanley's brush-furred rat (L. stanleyi)
- Verhagen's brush-furred rat (L. verhageni)
- Zena's brush-furred rat (L. zena)
- Rudd's mouse (U. ruddi)
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