Cape Spiny Mouse

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Cape Spiny Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Acomys
Species: A. subspinosus
Binomial name
Acomys subspinosus
(Waterhouse, 1838)

The Cape Spiny Mouse (Acomys subspinosus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in South Africa. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky areas.

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