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Taxonomy
Acomys was named by Geoffroy (1838). It is extant.
It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Deomyinae by Steppan et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Deomyinae by Steppan et al. (2004).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Acomys Geoffroy p. 126 |
| 1997 | Acomys McKenna and Bell |
| 2004 | Acomys Steppan et al. p. 547 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Acomys Geoffroy 1838 [(African) spiny mice]
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Acomys kempi Dollman 1911 [Kemp's spiny mouse]
Acomys percivali Dollman 1911 [Percival's spiny mouse]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Acomys mabele (22232) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Uganda | Acomys sp. (22443) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa | Acomys sp. (22339 22341 22353) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | Acomys sp. (22333) | |
| Gelasian | Ethiopia | Acomys sp. (21545) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | Acomys sp. (21915) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Israel | Acomys cahirinus (225667) | |
| Holocene | Kenya | Acomys sp. (21936 21938) |