Authority citation: Peters, W.C.H. 1852-11-25. Hr. Peters legte einige neue Säugethiere und Flussfische aus Mossambique vor. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852:273-276.
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Original name as described: Mus (Acomys) spinosissimus
Nominal names: spinosissimus (W. C. H. Peters, 1852)
Other common names: Least Spiny Mouse|Southern Spiny Mouse
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Muridae -- Subfamily: Deomyinae
Type locality: Buio and Tete, Mozambique.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | Zambia (ZMB) | Malawi (MWI) | Zimbabwe (ZWE) | Mozambique (MOZ)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: previously included A. selousi and populations now attributed to A. muzei and A. ngurui
Citation: Verheyen, W., Hulselmans, J., Wendelen, W., Leirs, H., & Corti, M. (2011). Contribution to the systematics and zoogeography of the East-African Acomys. Zootaxa, 3059, 1-35.
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