Check List 19(6): 1061-1064, doi: 10.15560/19.6.1061

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

Mounir R. Abi-Said^‡§, Elie El Haddad^|

‡ Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon§ Animal Encounter, Aley, Lebanon| Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon

Corresponding author: Mounir R. Abi-Said ( mabisaid9@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Abhijeet Bayani

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Citation: Abi-Said M, El Haddad E (2023) The first documented record of Acomys dimidiatus (Cretzschmar, 1826), Eastern Spiny Mouse (Rodentia, Muridae) from Lebanon. Check List 19(6): 1061-1064. 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.

Keywords

Geographic distribution, Sherman traps, Middle East