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Seurat's spiny mouse

Acomys seurati Heim de Balsac, 1936

LCLeast Concernrodents

The seurat's spiny mouse (Acomys seurati) 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. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Seurat's spiny mouse (Acomys seurati)
Photo: Jared Preston · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the seurat'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
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the seurat's spiny mouse live?

Not recorded

What is the seurat's spiny mouse?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Seurat's spiny mouse (Acomys seurati) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found only in Algeria. Its natural habitats are rocky areas and hot deserts.

From the Wikipedia article “Seurat's spiny mouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seurat%27s_spiny_mouse&oldid=1344744551), 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 seurat's spiny mouse endangered?

The seurat's 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. What the categories mean.

How is the seurat's spiny mouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyMuridae
  6. genusAcomys
  7. SpeciesAcomys seurati Heim de Balsac, 1936
Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Seurat s spiny mouseEnglish
  • Seurat’s spiny mouseEnglish
  • Seurat’s spiny mouseEnglish
  • bodlinatka čadskáCzech
  • Seurat-StachelmausGerman
  • Rat épineux du SaharaFrench
  • スーラトゲマウスJapanese
  • kolcomysz algierskaPolish

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the seurat'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 seurat's spiny mouse?

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

Is the seurat's spiny mouse endangered?

The seurat's spiny mouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the seurat's spiny mouse live?

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

How long is the seurat's spiny mouse pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 38 days.

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

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

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Seurat's spiny mouse (Acomys seurati). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/seurats-spiny-mouse

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{seurats_spiny_mouse_2026,
  title = {Seurat's spiny mouse (Acomys seurati)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/seurats-spiny-mouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}