Southern African Spiny Mouse – Acomys spinosissimus

Acomys spinosissimusPeters, 1852

Hyväksytty nimi, Maailman nisäkkäiden luettelo 2005

Subgenus Acomys. Revised by Dippenaar and Rautenbach (1986). Genetic data indicated that A. spinosissimus should be placed in a species-group separate from other Acomys (Janecek et al., 1991). Barome et al. (2001b) reported morphological and molecular analyses of A. spinosissimus from Tanzania and Malawi compared with samples from farther south in the range. Their results not only demonstrated the monophyly of all geographic samples (from Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and NE South Africa) of A. spinosissimus, but also the distinctiveness of this species compared with South African A. subspinosus and other northern species (A. wilsoni, A. russatus, A. ignitus, A. airensis, A. cahirinus, and A. dimidiatus; see also Barome et al., 2000). Reviewed by de Graaf (1997b).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.