Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Rodentia > Family: Muridae > Genus: Acomys > Species: Acomys minous

Cretan spiny mouse - Acomys minous Bate, 1905

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Threat status Europe	Data Deficient (IUCN)
Most preferred habitats	heathland and shrub sparsely vegetated land
May also occur in	urban
The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species. The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included. See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view. Other resources available below may have more information.

Threat status Europe

Data Deficient (IUCN)

Most preferred habitats

heathland and shrub
sparsely vegetated land

May also occur in

urban

The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.

The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included.

See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view.

Other resources available below may have more information.

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Data Deficient

Europe

Data Deficient

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Not listed in legal texts

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Cretan spiny mouse	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kirpi fare	Turkish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kreta-Stachelmaus	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Krétai tüskésegér	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kretapiggmus	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Miš bodljaš	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Myš krétská	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mysz kolczasta	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Okahiiri	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rat épineux de Crête	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ratón espinoso de Creta	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Stekelmuis	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Taggmus	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Topo spinoso	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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