Western Saharan Spiny Mouse

Western Saharan Spiny Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Acomys
Species: A. airensis
Binomial name
Acomys airensis
Thomas & Hinton, 1921

The Western Saharan Spiny Mouse (Acomys airensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found in Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and possibly in Western Sahara, western Chad and southern Algeria. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rocky areas, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.

References

  1. ^ Granjon, L. & Schlitter, D. (2008). Acomys airensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 February 2009.
  2. ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001001.