Acomys (Subacomys) subspinosus (Waterhouse 1837)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1200

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Acomys (Subacomys) subspinosus (Waterhouse 1837)
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Acomys (Subacomys) subspinosus (Waterhouse 1837) View in CoL

[Acomys (Subacomys)] subspinosus (Waterhouse 1837) View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837: 104.

Type Locality: South Africa, Western Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope.

Vernacular Names: Cape Spiny Mouse.

Distribution: South Africa; restricted to Western Cape Province (Bates, 1994; Dippenaar and Rautenbach, 1986; Skinner and Smithers, 1990).

Conservation: IUCN – Least Concern.

Discussion: Subgenus Subacomys . Revised by Dippenaar and Rautenbach (1986). Musser and Carleton (1993) noted that A. subspinosus should be in a species-group by itself, according to the results of genetic analysis by Janecek et al. (1991). Its separation from other Acomys is also indicated by phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA cytochrome b sequences ( Barome et al., 2000, 2001 b). Their study of cranial and dental morphology prompted Denys et al. (1994) to propose the subgenus Subacomys for A. subspinosus . Reviewed by de Graaff (1997 c).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Acomys

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Acomys (Subacomys) subspinosus (Waterhouse 1837)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Acomys (Subacomys)] subspinosus (Waterhouse 1837)

Waterhouse 1837: 104
1837
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