Asia Minor spiny mouse along the southern coast of Turkey. Its natural habitat is temperate forests, but this species is also lives close to human dwellings. "A. cilicicus" was previously listed as Critically Endangered, but is now considered Data Deficient because of taxonomic issues, as it may be the same species as the widespread and common northeast Cairo spiny mouse, "A. cahirinus". Asia Minor spiny mouse The Asia Minor spiny mouse ("Acomys cilicicus") is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. "Acomys cilicicus" is a small terrestrial and social rodent, living in large groups. The head and the body reach a length of
Little League World Series (Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region) Little League World Series (Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region) The Asia–Pacific and Middle East Region is a region that competes in the Little League World Series. Asian teams first competed in the LLWS in , when Japanese teams competed in the original Pacific Region (which included Hawaii). In , Japanese teams began competing in the newly created Far East Region. In , the Little League World Series was expanded to sixteen teams, and East Asia was split into two regions – the Pacific (consisting of teams from the Pacific Islands, Indonesia, and Oceania) and Asia (consisting of teams from mainland