Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Acomys cineraceus Fitzinger and Heuglin, 1866 . Sitzb. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien , 54:573 . TYPE LOCALITY: WC Sudan , Doka, E Sennaar ( Allen, 1939:364 ) . DISTRIBUTION: From N Ghana and Burkina Faso through N Togo , N Benin , S Niger, and N Nigeria to C and S Sudan , N Uganda , and C and S Ethiopia (specimens in the National Museum of Natural History). SYNONYMS: cinerascens , hawashensis, hystrella , intermedius , johannis , lowei , witherbyi . COMMENTS: Subgenus Acomys . Dieterlen (in litt.) noted that A. cineraceus is a distinct species and one of four (A. wilsoni , A. percivali , and A. cahirinus ) occurring in Sudan . Petter (1983) recognized witherbyi as a species, and reported that it coexists with a member of the cahirinus-dimidiatus complex in Sudan . In morphology, A. cineraceus is closely similar to A. kempi ; systematic revision would reveal whether each is a species, or simply represents a population of one species.