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Spiny mouse
Adult weight : 0.045 kg (0.099 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 6 years
Female maturity :58 days
Male maturity : 59 days
Gestation : 38 days
Weaning : 14 days
Litter size : 3
Litters per year : 4
Interval between litters : 34 days
Weight at birth : 0.005 kg (0.011 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 0.015 kg (0.033 lbs)
Body mass : 0.042 kg (0.0924 lbs)
Temperature : 37.85 °C (100.13 °F)
Cairo spiny mouse
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Acomys cahirinus
The Cairo spiny mouse is listed as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Cairo spiny mouse
A young / baby of a Cairo spiny mouse is called a 'pinkie, kitten or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Cairo spiny mouse group is called a 'nest, colony, harvest, horde or mischief'.Countries
Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen
Facts about the Cairo spiny mouse
The Cairo Spiny Mouse is one of Egypt’s most common rodents and by no means confined to Cairo. (Full text)
The spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) is the only precocial murid species. (Full text)
The Egyptian spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) is the species most often kept as a pet. (Full text)
Olfactory bulb maturation in Acomys cahirinus: Is neural growth similar in Precocial and altricial murids? (Full text)
1. Cairo, El Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt -- (the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just S of the Nile Delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs)Cairo
El Qahira
Egyptian capital
capital of Egypt
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