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Acomys (Acomys)  I. Geoffroy, 1838
Taxonomic Serial No.: 970530

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subgenus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855 – Rats, souris, Mice, Rats, Voles, Gerbils, Hamsters, Lemmings  
                                     SuperfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811  
                                        FamilyMuridae Illiger, 1811 – campagnols, rats, souris, mice, rats, voles  
                                           SubfamilyDeomyinae Thomas, 1888  
                                              GenusAcomys I. Geoffroy, 1838 – African Spiny Mice  
                                                 SubgenusAcomys (Acomys) I. Geoffroy, 1838  
    Direct Children:  
                                                    Species Acomys airensis Thomas and Hinton, 1921 – Western Saharan Spiny mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys cahirinus (É. Geoffroy, 1803) – Northeast African Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys chudeaui Kollman, 1911 – Chudeau's Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys cilicicus Spitzenberger, 1978 – Turkish Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys cineraceus Fitzinger and Heuglin, 1866 – Gray Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys dimidiatus (Cretzschmar, 1826) – Eastern Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys ignitus Dollman, 1910 – Fiery Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys johannis Thomas, 1912 – Johan's Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys kempi Dollman, 1911 – Kemp's Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys minous Bate, 1906 – Crete Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys mullah Thomas, 1904 – Mullah Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys muzei Verheyen, Hulselmans, Wendelen, Leirs, Corti, Backeljau and Verheyen, 2011  
                                                    Species Acomys nesiotes Bate, 1903 – Cyprus Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys ngurui Verheyen, Hulselmans, Wendelen, Leirs, Corti, Backeljau and Verheyen, 2011  
                                                    Species Acomys percivali Dollman, 1911 – Percival's Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys russatus (Wagner, 1840) – Golden Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys selousi De Winton, 1896  
                                                    Species Acomys seurati Heim de Balsac, 1936 – Seurat's Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys spinosissimus Peters, 1852 – Southern African Spiny Mouse 
                                                    Species Acomys wilsoni Thomas, 1892 – Wilson's Spiny mouse 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Superfamily Muroidea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 894-1531   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Acomys (Acomys)   
       

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