this investigation it was determined that Acomys harbored only a tenth of the number of fleas compared to wild rats and is thus of little importance of spreading disease. References External links ARKive – images and movies of the Asia Minor spiny mouse (Acomys cilicius) List of Rodent/Lagomorph Scientific Names – Includes several species of African spiny mouse Rodents of Africa Taxa named by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire