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
Achaea (ancient region) Achaea (ancient region) Achaea () or Achaia (; , "Akhaia", ) was (and is) the northernmost region of the Peloponnese, occupying the coastal strip north of Arcadia. Its approximate boundaries were to the south the mountain range of Erymanthus, to the south-east the range of Cyllene, to the east Sicyon, and to the west the Larissos river. Apart from the plain around Dyme, to the west, Achaea was generally a mountainous region. The name of Achaea has a slightly convoluted history. Homer uses the term Achaeans as a generic term for Greeks throughout the "Iliad"; conversely, a distinct region of