Cairo spiny mouse
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Length:
9,4-12,8 cm
Weight:
40-85 g
Nutrition: It eats everything, mainly leaves, seeds and crops, but it does not despise invertebrates. Mice eat fruits, but They spit out the fruit seeds which promotes spreading of plant.
Reproduction: Young animals reach maturity at the age of 3 months. The gestation time lasts for 38-39 days, 3-4 kids are born at once, which are more developed progenies than those of any other murids.
Did you know? Spiny mice run extremely quickly in the evening twilight and during night. In the day it rests in caves and cracks in rocks in order to avoid heat, this is where They build their nests. They live in pairs, and in large families when They are out in the open. There are many species and subspecies, these could be differentiated only on the basis of blood tests. Luckily They live on geographically different areas, therefore in knowledge of the place of occurrence their exact sub-species can easily be traced.
Watch it! The typical feature of this species is thorn-like hair which is on their back and which can be ruffled-it was named after it. Its fur is light tawny or brownish.
Habitat: in rock cracks and in caves
Spread: You can find it in Africa, in Asia and in certain islands in Europe.
