It's SPINY MOUSE! (insert suitable jingle here and silly cartoon of a mouse in a cape) **
In the aftermath of this years Weird Weekend Oll Lewis of the CFZ gave me a hair sample taken from one of the spiny mice in the CFZ menagerie. The general idea was that I should be able to pinpont the actual species of said animal since the CFZ weren't exactly sure of it. Well, I have now compared it with several species from the collection at the museum in Copenhagen without finding a complete match, so no exact identity as of yet - but I shall keep on searching, and hopefully find an answer, though I will have to compare the hairs with some more reference animals. Stay tuned!
** There is actually a South African species called the Cape Spiny Mouse.
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