Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1189 1531 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Acomys (Acomys) cilicicus Spitzenberger 1978 Acomys (Acomys) cilicicus Spitzenberger 1978 , Ann. Nat. Hist. Mus . Wien , 81: 444 . Type Locality: Asiatic Turkey , Vil Mersin , 17 km E Silifke. Vernacular Names: Turkish Spiny Mouse . Distribution: Known only from the type locality (Bates, 1994). Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered. Discussion: Subgenus Acomys . Corbet (1984) commented on this species. Karyotype documented by Macholán et al. (1995). Zima et al. (1999 b ) considered the karyotype to be closely similar to that of A. nesiotes from Cyprus , stated that karyotypes of A. cilicicus and A. cahirinus from Egypt were "almost identical" (p. 151), and suggested "that A. cahirinus , A. cilicicus , and A. nesiotes represent a separate group of karyotypically closely related species of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice." This notion is corroborated by phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA cytochrome b sequences ( Barome et al., 1998 , 2000 ) and breeding experiments (Frynta and Sádlová, 1998). Kivanç et al. (1997 b ) reported the same karyotype, but also looked at phallic morphology and concluded A. cilicicus was distinct because of its unique combination of phallic and other morphological traits in combination with a karyotype nearly identical to that of A. cahirinus . See accounts of A. minous and A. nesiotes .