What is Cairo spiny mouse?
{{Taxobox | name = Cairo Spiny Mouse | image = Common spiny mouse.JPG | status = LC | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN2008 |assessors=Dieterlen, F., Schlitter, D. & Amori, G. |year=2008 |title=Acomys cahirinus |id=263 |downloaded=4 February 2009}}</ref> | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammalia]] | ordo = [[Rodent]]ia | familia = [[Muridae]] | genus = ''[[Acomys]]'' | species = '''''A. cahirinus''''' | binomial = ''Acomys cahirinus'' | binomial_authority = (É. Geoffrey, 1803) | synonyms = ''Acomys chudeaui'' | range_map = Acomys cahirinus map.svg }} The '''Cairo spiny mouse''' (''Acomys cahirinus'') is a species of [[mouse]] that lives in Africa, the Middle East and Europe. It eats seeds, fruits and invertebrate animals. The mouse grows to {{convert|15|cm}} long and weighs up to {{convert|0.1|kg}}. It lives for about four years. The [[gestation]] period is about 38 days. The speed of the spiny mouse is up to {{convert|10|km/h}}.<ref>Hannover Zoo: [http://www.zoo-hannover.de/explore-the-zoo/animals-a-z/sinai-spiny-mice.html?L=1#steckbrief Abu-simbel spiny mouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713042634/http://www.zoo-hannover.de/explore-the-zoo/animals-a-z/sinai-spiny-mice.html?L=1#steckbrief |date=2012-07-13 }}, viewed 2012-12-14</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Rodents]] [[Category:Mammals of Africa]]