Fiery Spiny Mouse

Fiery Spiny MouseThe Fiery Spiny Mouse is an African spiny mouse described as long-tailed. A study comparing Maasai settlements and control sites in Kenya caught it more often at settlements.What does it look like?The 2017 paper describes the Fiery Spiny Mouse as longer-tailed than the A. wilsoni species used for comparison.How does it live?The Fiery Spiny Mouse is an African spiny mouse described as long-tailed. A study comparing Maasai settlements and control sites in Kenya caught it more often at settlements.At 6 seasonal Maasai settlements in Eselenkei, this species made up 87% of 101 captured spiny mice. At control sites, it accounted for 45% of 33 captures.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.