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Cretan spiny mouse
Adult weight : 0.063 kg (0.1386 lbs)
Crete spiny mouse
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Acomys minous
The Crete spiny mouse, spiny mouse is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Crete spiny mouse
A young / baby of a Crete spiny mouse is called a 'pinkie, kitten or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Crete spiny mouse group is called a 'nest, colony, harvest, horde or mischief'.Countries
Greece
Facts about the Crete spiny mouse
Acomys minous (Bate, 1906) De Kretenzische stekelmuis (Acomys minous) is een knaagdier uit de onderfamilie Deomyinae, de stekelmuizen en verwanten van de familie Muridae, die ook de gerbils en de muizen en ratten van de Oude Wereld omvat. (Full text)
1. Crete -- (the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC)Crete
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