Acomys nesiotes Bate, 1903
Cyprus spiny mouse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1980
Rediscovered in 2007
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution
Cyprus
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Barome, P.-O., Lymberakis, P., Monnerot, M. and Gautun, J.-C. 2001. Cytochrome b sequences reveal Acomys minous paraphyly and answer the question about the ancestral karyotype of Acomys dimidiatus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18: 37-46.
Fisher, Diana O. (2011a). Trajectories from extinction: where are missing mammals rediscovered? Global Ecology & Biogeography 20: 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00624.x [Appendix S1]
Kryštufek, B. & Amori, G. 2008. Acomys nesiotes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T271A13052509. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T271A13052509.en. Downloaded on 14 February 2017.
Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D.E. Wilson and D.A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
Sozen, M. (2007). Acomys nesiotes. 5th February 2009 http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Middle_East/Cyprus/photo137373.htm, TrekNature photos.