Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Suborder Sciurognathi (Tullberg, 1899) see Suborder Sciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
       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
             01 Acomys cahirinus (Desmarest, 1819) - Cairo spiny mouse
             02 Acomys cilicicus Spitzenberger, 1978
             03 Acomys cineraceus Heuglin, 1877
             04 Acomys ignitus Dollman, 1910
             05 Acomys kempi Dollman, 1911
             06 Acomys louisae Thomas, 1896
             07 Acomys minous Bate, 1906
             08 Acomys mullah Thomas, 1904
             09 Acomys nesiotes Bate, 1903
             10 Acomys percivali Dollman, 1911
             11 Acomys russatus (Wagner, 1840) - golden spiny mouse
             12 Acomys spinosissimus Peters, 1852
             13 Acomys subspinosus (Waterhouse, 1838)
             14 Acomys wilsoni Thomas, 1892
             15 Subgenus Acomys I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838
             16 Subgenus Peracomys