Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
       Subfamily Murinae Batsch, 1788 - Old World mice and rats
         Genus Acomys Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838 - spiny mice
           1 Acomys cahirinus (Desmarest, 1819) - Cairo spiny mouse
           2 Acomys cilicicus Spitzenberger, 1978
           3 Acomys louisae Thomas, 1896
           4 Acomys minous Bate, 1906
           5 Acomys russatus (Wagner, 1840) - golden spiny mouse
           6 Acomys spinosissimus Peters, 1852
           7 Acomys subspinosus (Waterhouse, 1838)
           8 Acomys whitei see Acomys cahirinus (Desmarest, 1819)
           9 Acomys wilsoni Thomas, 1892