Cyprus spiny mouse

The Cyprus spiny mouse (Acomys nesiotes) is a little-known rodent endemic to Cyprus. These nocturnal^[2] animals are generally found in arid areas. After the last reliable record in 1980 no considerable effort has been made until 2007 when four individuals were rediscovered. Due to the insufficient data of its population the IUCN considers it as data deficient.

Cyprus spiny mouse
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Acomys
Species:	A. nesiotes
Binomial name
Acomys nesiotes (Bate, 1903)

See also

• List of extinct animals
• List of extinct animals of Europe

References

1. Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2019). "Acomys nesiotes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T271A2789136. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T271A2789136.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. NTWORLD Archived February 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

• Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
• Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds) 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.

External links

• Cyprus Spiny Mouse rediscovered Archived 2013-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
• The Extinction Website