ADW: Acomys: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Rodentia (rodents)
        
        Suborder Myomorpha (mice, rats, gerbils, jerboas, and relatives)
        
        Superfamily Muroidea (mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives)
        
        Family Muridae (Old World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives)
        
        Subfamily Deomyinae (spiny mice, forest mice, and relatives)
        
        Genus Acomys (Old World spiny mice and spiny mice)
        
        Species Acomys airensis (Western Saharan spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys cahirinus (Cairo spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys chudeaui (Chudeau's spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys cilicicus (Asia Minor spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys cineraceus (gray spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys dimidiatus (eastern spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys ignitus (fiery spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys johannis (Johan's spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys kempi (Kemp's spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys louisae (Louise's spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys minous (Crete spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys mullah (mullah spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys nesiotes (Cyprus spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys percivali (Percival's spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys russatus (golden spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys seurati (Seurat's spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys spinosissimus (spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys subspinosus (Cape spiny mouse)
        
        Species Acomys wilsoni (Wilson's spiny mouse)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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AcomysOld World spiny mice and spiny mice

Acomys
Old World spiny mice and spiny mice