| Cairo spiny mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Acomys |
| Species: | A. cahirinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acomys cahirinus (É. Geoffrey, 1803)[2]
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| Synonyms | |
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Acomys chudeaui | |
The Cairo spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus), also known as the common spiny mouse, Egyptian spiny mouse, or Arabian spiny mouse, is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Africa north of the Sahara Desert, where its natural habitats are rocky areas and hot deserts. It is omnivorous, feeding on seeds, desert plants, snails, and insects. It is a gregarious animal and lives in small family groups. It is the first and only known rodent species that exhibit spontaneous decidualization and menstruation.[3]
- ^ Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Acomys cahirinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T263A115048396. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T263A22453346.en. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne (1803). Catalogue des Mammiferes du Museum National d'historie naturelle. p. 195.
- ^ Bellofiore, Nadia; Ellery, Stacey J.; Mamrot, Jared; Walker, David W.; Temple-Smith, Peter; Dickinson, Hayley (January 2017). "First evidence of a menstruating rodent: the spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus)". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 216 (1): 40.e1–40.e11. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2016.07.041. PMID 27503621. S2CID 88779.