Acomys (Acomys) cilicicus Spitzenberger 1978

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1195

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Acomys (Acomys) cilicicus Spitzenberger 1978
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Acomys (Acomys) cilicicus Spitzenberger 1978 View in CoL

Acomys (Acomys) cilicicus Spitzenberger 1978 View in CoL , Ann. Nat. Hist. Mus . Wien, 81: 444.

Type Locality: Asiatic Turkey, Vil Mersin, 17 km E Silifke.

Vernacular Names: Turkish Spiny Mouse.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality (Bates, 1994).

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Subgenus Acomys . Corbet (1984) commented on this species. Karyotype documented by Macholán et al. (1995). Zima et al. (1999 b) considered the karyotype to be closely similar to that of A. nesiotes from Cyprus, stated that karyotypes of A. cilicicus and A. cahirinus from Egypt were "almost identical" (p. 151), and suggested "that A. cahirinus , A. cilicicus , and A. nesiotes represent a separate group of karyotypically closely related species of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice." This notion is corroborated by phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA cytochrome b sequences ( Barome et al., 1998, 2000) and breeding experiments (Frynta and Sádlová, 1998). Kivanç et al. (1997 b) reported the same karyotype, but also looked at phallic morphology and concluded A. cilicicus was distinct because of its unique combination of phallic and other morphological traits in combination with a karyotype nearly identical to that of A. cahirinus . See accounts of A. minous and A. nesiotes .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Acomys

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Acomys (Acomys) cilicicus Spitzenberger 1978

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Acomys (Acomys) cilicicus

Spitzenberger 1978: 444
1978
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