The first documented record of Acomys dimidiatus (Cretzschmar, 1826), Eastern Spiny Mouse (Rodentia, Muridae) from Lebanon

By

Abi-Said, Mounir R.
El Haddad, Elie

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-12-20

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

19

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1061--1064

Subjects

Geographic distribution , Middle East , Sherman traps

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/19.6.1061

 

Abstract

We report the first documented record of Acomys dimidiatus (Cretzschmar, 1826) from Lebanon. An opportunistic trapping was carried on in Hima Ibl Al Saqi, southern Lebanon for five consecutive nights during the spring and fall of 2022. Four spiny mice were trapped, and their morphometric measurements were recorded. These measurements resemble those documented for this species in other parts of the Middle East. Our new record extends the known distribution of Acomys dimidiatus approximately 45 km away from its most northern known geographic range.