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Gray Spiny Mouse
Acomys cineraceus Fitzinger & Heuglin, 1866
Also calledAcomys cendré (fra) · Graue Stachelmaus (deu) · Rat épineux de Heuglin (fra) · Souris épineuse de Heuglin (fra) · harmaaokahiiri (fin) · kolcomysz szara (pol) · ハイイロトゲマウス (jpn)
First described in: Heuglin, Theodor v., and Leopold Joseph Fitzinger. (1866). Systematische Übersicht der Säugethiere Nordost-Afrika’s mit Einschlufs der arabischen Küste, des rothen Meeres, der Somáli- und der Nilquellen-Länder, südwärts bis zum vierten Grade nördlicher Breite. Sitzungsberichte Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Abt. 1. Vol. 28.
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discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Acomys. Formerly included in A. cahirinus (F. Petter, 1983; Setzer, 1975), but Dieterlen (in litt.) noted that A. cineraceus is a distinct species and one of four (A. wilsoni, A. percivali, and A. cahirinus) occurring in Sudan. Separation of cineraceus from A. cahirinus is supported by chromosomal data (2 n = 48 or 50 for cineraceus, 2 n = 36 for cahirinus; Kunze et al., 1999 b) and analysis of pericentric satellite DNA (Kunze et al., 1999 a). F. Petter (1983) recognized witherbyi as a species, and reported that it coexists with a member of the cahirinus-dimidiatus complex in Sudan. Both F. Petter (1983) and Denys et al. (1994) did not associate lowei (W Sudan) with A. cineraceus, but with A. mullah (see that account). In morphology, A. cineraceus closely resembles A. kempi (our study of specimens), which ranges from S Ethiopia and Somalia to NW Tanzania; systematic revision would reveal whether each is a species, or simply represents a population of one species. Limits of A. cineraceus ’ s geographic range is unresolved, especially its W segment. Musser and Carleton (1993) extended the distribution west to Burkina Faso and Ghana, but at least two species occup
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: C and S Sudan, N Uganda, C and S Ethiopia (specimens in USNM), and Djibouti (Pearch et al., 2001); distributional limits unresolved.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: EC Sudan, " Eastern Sennaar and about Kalabat " (G. M. Allen, 1939).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Subgenus Acomys. Dieterlen (in litt.) noted that A. cineraceus is a distinct species and one of four (A. wilsoni, A. percivali, and A. cahirinus) occurring in Sudan. Petter (1983) recognized witherbyi as a species, and reported that it coexists with a member of the cahirinus-dimidiatus complex in Sudan. In morphology, A. cineraceus is closely similar to A. kempi; systematic revision would reveal whether each is a species, or simply represents a population of one species.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Where it has been recorded
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