Acomys cilicicus

Spitzenberger, 1978

Turkish Spiny Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Deomyinae
Genus : Acomys
Subgenus : Acomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Spitzenberger, F. 1978. Die Stachelmaus von Kleinasien, _Acomys cilicicus_ n. sp. (Rodentia, Muridae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 81:443-446.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41769669

Original name as described

Acomys cilicicus

Other common names

Cilician Spiny Mouse

Type material

NMW 13196

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

17 km E Silifke, Vil Mersin, Asiatic Turkey.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkey

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002847

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Acomys cilicicus

Spitzenberger, 1978

Family

Muridae

Root name

cilicicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 13196

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

444

Authority publication

Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/264/22453458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Acomys cilicius

Hutterer & G. Peters, 2010

Family

Muridae

Root name

cilicius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44942278

Authority publication

Bonn zoological Bulletin

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