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Mullah spiny mouse

The Mullah spiny mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.

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Mullah spiny mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Acomys
Species:
A. mullah
Binomial name
Acomys mullah
Thomas, 1904

The Mullah spiny mouse (Acomys mullah) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae2 found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.

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  1. Schlitter, D. (2016). "Acomys mullah". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T270A22453809. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T270A22453809.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.