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Acomys cahirinus (É.Geoffroy, 1803)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cat. Mam. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris p.195

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Muridae
genus
Acomys
species
Acomys cahirinus

Name

Synonyms
Acomys cahirinus (Desmarest, 1819)
Acomys cahirinus helmyi Osborn, 1980
Acomys dimidiatus megalodus Setzer, 1959
Acomys hunteri de Winton, 1901
Acomys sabryi Kershaw, 1922
Acomys viator Thomas, 1902
Homonyms
Acomys cahirinus (Desmarest, 1819)
Acomys cahirinus (É.Geoffroy, 1803)
Common names
Cairo Spiny Mouse in English
Greater Wilfred's Mouse in English
Northeast African Spiny Mouse in English
Northeast African Spiny Mouse in English
Northeast African Spiny Mouse in English
Ägyptische Stachelmaus in German
Cairo Spiny Mouse in English
Greater Wilfred's Mouse in English
Northeast African Spiny Mouse in English
Ägyptische Stachelmaus in German

Bibliographic References

  1. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2002: Opinion 2005 (Case 3022): Catalogue des mammifères du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803): placed on the Official List of Works Approved as Available for Zoological Nomenclature. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 59, no. 2. 153-154.
  2. Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 894-1531.
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