Southern African Spiny Mouse

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Spiny Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Acomys
Species: A. spinosissimus
Binomial name
Acomys spinosissimus
Peters, 1852

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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