Acomys muzei
W. N. Verheyen, J. L. J. Hulselmans, Wendelen, Leirs, Corti, Backeljau, & E. Verheyen, 2011
Muze 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
Authority citation
Verheyen, W.N., Hulselmans, J.L.J., Wendelen, W., Leirs, H., Corti, M., Backeljau, T. and Verheyen, E. 2011-10-14. Contribution to the systematics and zoogeography of the East-African _Acomys spinosissimus_ Peters 1852 species complex and the description of two new species (Rodentia: Muridae). Zootaxa 3059(1):1-35.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3059.1.1Original name as described
Acomys muzei
Other common names
Eastern Arc Spiny Mouse
Type material
RMCA 1996.037-M-5069
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Muze, Tanzania."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Taxonomy notes
recently described based on specimens previously attributed to A. spinosissimus
Taxonomy notes citation
Verheyen, W., Hulselmans, J., Wendelen, W., Leirs, H., & Corti, M. (2011). Contribution to the systematics and zoogeography of the East-African Acomys. Zootaxa, 3059, 1-35.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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