| Wilson's 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. wilsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Acomys wilsoni Thomas, 1892
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Wilson's spiny mouse (Acomys wilsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rocky areas.Molecular evidence suggests that spiny mice (Acomys) are genetically more closely related to gerbils (Gerbillinae) than they are to actual mice (Muridae) based on their murine morphology.[3]
- ^ Cassola, F. (2017). "Acomys wilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T276A113477310. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T276A113477310.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1200. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Chevret, P; Denys, C; Jaeger, J J; Michaux, J; Catzeflis, F M (1993-04-15). "Molecular evidence that the spiny mouse (Acomys) is more closely related to gerbils (Gerbillinae) than to true mice (Murinae)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90 (8): 3433–3436. Bibcode:1993PNAS...90.3433C. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.8.3433. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 46314. PMID 8475093.