HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Deomyinae
--> GENUS Acomys
--> SUBGENUS Peracomys
SPECIES Acomys (Peracomys) louisae
Author: | Thomas, 1896. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18: 269. | Common Name: | Louise’s Spiny Mouse | Type Locality: | Somalia, 40 mi (64.4 km) south of Berbera. | Distribution: | Somalia and Djibouti; see Bates (1994); limits unknown. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Peracomys. The type-species of subgenus Peracomys (F. Petter and Roche, 1981); distinction from other Acomys confirmed by Denys et al. (1994). F. Petter (1983) included umbratus in the species. Pearch et al. (2001) listed A. louisae for the Djibouti fauna following Scaramella et al. (1974). |
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