Northeast African Spiny Mouse

Northeast African Spiny MouseThe Northeast African Spiny Mouse has a yellow-brown back with stiff, spine-like hairs from the shoulders to the rump and a white underside. It uses rocky shelters; along Egypt's Nile Valley it has also been recorded in buildings and tombs.What does it look like?HMW describes a yellow-brown dorsum, white underside, and stiff spine-like hairs from the shoulders to the rump. Back color varies; individuals living around people may be grayer.How does it live?The Northeast African Spiny Mouse has a yellow-brown back with stiff, spine-like hairs from the shoulders to the rump and a white underside. It uses rocky shelters; along Egypt's Nile Valley it has also been recorded in buildings and tombs.HMW lists savanna, arid desert, steppe, and rocky crevices. In Egypt's Nile Valley it also records the species in houses, huts, tombs, and temples.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.