Acomys cineraceus

von Heuglin in von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866

Gray 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

Heuglin, T. von and Fitzinger, L.J.F.J. 1866. Systematische Übersicht der Säugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluß der arabischen Küste, des rothen Meeres, der Somáli- und der Nilquellen-Länder, südwärts bis zum vierten Grade nördlicher Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse)54:537-611.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447084

Original name as described

Acomys cineraceus

Other common names

Heuglin's Spiny Mouse

Type locality

Doka, Sudan. Restricted by G. M. Allen in 1939 to "Eastern Sennaar and about Kalabat."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda · Djibouti?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002848

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 lowei

Setzer, 1956

Family

Muridae

Root name

lowei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.270

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/853f4539-dda7-4468-9743-0344c92c131e

Authority page

536

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489222

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Acomys hawashensis

C. Frick, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

hawashensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 3497

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9781476

Authority publication

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Acomys hystrella

E. Heller, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

hystrella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164821

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b347df9e-e016-43de-9f2f-61e10149e577

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813469

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Acomys witherbyi

de Winton, 1901

Family

Muridae

Root name

witherbyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

400

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3268181

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Acomys cineraceus

von Heuglin in von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866

Family

Muridae

Root name

cineraceus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

573

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447084

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/265/115048552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Acomys cinerascens

von Heuglin, 1877

Family

Muridae

Root name

cinerascens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876439

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Acomys intermedius

von Wettstein, 1916

Family

Muridae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61889198

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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