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Percival's Spiny Mouse
Acomys percivali Dollman, 1911
Also calledAcomys de Percival (fra) · Percival-Stachelmaus (deu) · Rat épineux de Percival (fra) · Souris épineuse de Percival (fra) · kolcomysz ryftowa (pol) · ugandanokahiiri (fin) · Иглистая мышь Перциваля (rus) · パーシバルトゲマウス (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8 vol.8 p.126
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Acomys. Treated as a synonym of kempi, which in turn was included within A. cahirinus by Setzer (1975). However, Hollister (1919) recognized percivali as a species based upon many specimens he examined, as did Ellerman (1941) and F. Petter (1983). Hubert (1978 b) identified specimens from Ethiopia as A. percivali, and Neal (1983) used percivali as a species in comparing breeding patterns between it and A. wilsoni in C Kenya. Janecek et al. (1991) regarded percivali as the species genetically most closely related to A. wilsoni, and Denys et al. (1994) noted the nearly identical molar morphology in the two species. Matthey (1968) recorded a karyotype (2 n = 36, FN = 68) for what he identified as A. percivali from Ethiopia, but Sokolov et al. (1992, 1993) regarded Matthey’s results as applying to A. cahirinus. See account of A. wilsoni.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: S Sudan (east of White Nile), E Uganda, SW Ethiopia, and Kenya; see Bates (1994).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Subgenus Acomys. Treated as a synonym of kempi, which in turn was included within A. cahirinus by Setzer (1975). However, Hollister (1919) treated percivali as a species based on many specimens, as did Ellerman (1941). Both Matthey (1968) and Hubert (1978 b) identified specimens from Ethiopia as A. percivali. Petter (1983) acknowledged the specific status of percivali as did Neal (1983). Janecek et al. (1991) regarded percivali as the species genically most closely related to A. wilsoni.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: S Sudan (E of White Nile), Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and S Somalia.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438265.