Eastern 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

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The eastern spiny mouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familyMuridae
6. genusAcomys
7. SpeciesAcomys dimidiatus (Cretzschmar, 1826)

Synonyms Acomys cahirinus dimidiatus, Acomys dimidiatus homericus, Acomys flavidus, Mus dimidiatus, Mus hispidus, Mus megalotis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Cairo spiny mouse

Acomys cahirinus

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

Golden spiny mouse

Acomys russatus

Muridae

DD, Data Deficient

Crete spiny mouse

Acomys minous

Muridae

DD, Data Deficient

Asia minor spiny mouse

Acomys cilicicus

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

Cape spiny mouse

Acomys subspinosus

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

G

Gray spiny mouse

Acomys cineraceus

MuridaeNo free photo yet

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@misc{eastern_spiny_mouse_2026,
  title = {Eastern spiny mouse (Acomys dimidiatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-spiny-mouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}