Acomys spinosissimus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1852)

Southern African 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1852-11-25. Hr. Peters legte einige neue Säugethiere und Flussfische aus Mossambique vor. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852:273-276.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054834

Original name as described

Mus (Acomys) spinosissimus

Other common names

Least Spiny Mouse · Southern Spiny Mouse

Type locality

Buio and Tete, Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Malawi · Zimbabwe · Mozambique

Taxonomy notes

previously included A. selousi and populations now attributed to A. muzei and A. ngurui

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002863

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 spinosissimus

Matschie, 1895

Family

Muridae

Root name

spinosissimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835440

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Roberts (1913:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Happold (2013:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:604) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47805694/119392541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus (Acomys) spinosissimus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1852)

Family

Muridae

Root name

spinosissimus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

274

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054834

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

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