These spiny mice have a highly unusual feature among living mammals: tails armored with bony plates

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 13:13 in Biology & Nature

Spiny mice in the genus Acomys look much like more familiar house mice in the genus Mus, although their coats do have stiff guard hairs that give them their name.

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