Cairo spiny mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Cairo spiny mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Acomys cahirinus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the Cairo spiny mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Cairo spiny mouse in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Israel

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Cairo spiny mouse endangered?

The Cairo spiny mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Cairo spiny mouse?

The Cairo spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Acomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Cairo spiny mouse

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Cairo spiny mouse (revision 1368874551), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q253966 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).