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Chudeau's spiny mouse

Acomys chudeaui Kollman, 1911

Status not recordedrodents

The chudeau's spiny mouse (Acomys chudeaui) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 27 g to 45.2 g and live up to 5.45 years.

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Quick facts about the chudeau's spiny mouse

Weight
27 g – 45.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
5.45 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
7.48 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
38 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
2.47src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
58.5 dayssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
3.5src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the chudeau's spiny mouse live?

Not recorded

What is the chudeau's spiny mouse?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Chudeau's spiny mouse (Acomys chudeaui) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, and Niger. Its natural habitats are rocky areas and hot deserts.

From the Wikipedia article “Chudeau's spiny mouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chudeau%27s_spiny_mouse&oldid=1344744474), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the chudeau's spiny mouse endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the chudeau's spiny mouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyMuridae
  6. genusAcomys
  7. SpeciesAcomys chudeaui Kollman, 1911
Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Chudeau s spiny mouseEnglish
  • Chudeau’s spiny mouseEnglish
  • Western Saharan spiny mouseEnglish
  • Ratón Espinoso de África NoroccidentalSpanish
  • Rat épineux de l’AïrFrench
  • Rat épineux occidentalFrench
  • キタアフリカトゲマウスJapanese
  • kolcomysz zachodniaPolish

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Relatives of the chudeau's spiny mouse

Other species in the same genus Acomys.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the chudeau's spiny mouse?

An adult chudeau's spiny mouse weighs 27 g – 45.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the chudeau's spiny mouse live?

The chudeau's spiny mouse has a recorded lifespan of 5.45 years.

How long is the chudeau's spiny mouse pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 38 days.

What kind of animal is the chudeau's spiny mouse?

The chudeau's spiny mouse (Acomys chudeaui) belongs to the family Muridae in the order Rodentia.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chudeau's spiny mouse (Acomys chudeaui). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chudeaus-spiny-mouse

MLA

“Chudeau's spiny mouse (Acomys chudeaui).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chudeaus-spiny-mouse.

BibTeX
@misc{chudeaus_spiny_mouse_2026,
  title = {Chudeau's spiny mouse (Acomys chudeaui)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chudeaus-spiny-mouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}