Acomys ngurui

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Deomyinae
Genus: Acomys
Species: Acomys ngurui

Name

Acomys ngurui Verheyen, Hulselmans, Wendelen, Leirs, Corti, Backeljau & Verheyen, 2011: 21

• Holotype: RMCA 1996.037-M-5034, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Jan Stuyck on 24 October 1988.
• Type locality: “Nguru Ya Ndege, Tanzania”.

References

Primary references

• Verheyen, W.N., Hulselmans, J., Wendelen, W., Leirs, H., Corti, M., Backeljau, T. & Verheyen, E. 2011. Contribution to the systematics and zoogeography of the East-African Acomys spinosissimus Peters 1852 species complex and the description of two new species (Rodentia: Muridae). Zootaxa 3059(1): 1–35. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3059.1.1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Castiglia, R. & Annesi, F. 2012. Cytotaxonomic considerations on the sex chromosome variation observed within Acomys ngurui Verheyen et al. 2011 (Rodentia Muridae). Zootaxa 3493: 35–38. Preview PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Nguru Spiny Mouse