Asia Minor spiny mouse

The Asia Minor spiny mouse (Acomys cilicicus) is a small, terrestrial and social rodent of the family Muridae that lives in large groups. Head and body reach 104 to 121 millimetres, the tail is about 102 to 117 millimetres and weight is up to 48 grams. The back is dark gray with purple reflections, the flanks are light brown and the underside is yellowish white, while the tail is hairless and scaly. The species is endemic to Turkey and is known only from the type locality about 17 kilometres east of Silifke on the southern coast, where it lives in temperate forest and close to human dwellings. It breeds in captivity and lives about four years there. It was once listed as Critically Endangered but is now considered Data Deficient because it may be the same species as the Cairo spiny mouse.