Spiny mice (click image to enlarge)
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The spiny mice are native to the deserts of Africa, Asia, and Europe. They get their name because of their spiky fur, which defends them like a hedgehog’s spines. Clockwise from the top left, we have Acomys russata, the golden spiny mouse; A. spinosissimus, the spiny mouse; A. minous, the Crete spiny mouse; A. cilicicus, the Asia Minor spiny mouse; and A. nesiotes, the Cyprus spiny mouse. I like my drawing of A. cilicicus the most and I can’t stand my drawing of A. spinosissimus.
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well, I think that they’re all great, but is spinosissimus wearing a party hat?
Ha! No, that’s his back, but that could well be why I don’t like it! I hate posting drawings I don’t like, but I have to—I dislike about, oh, a fifth of them.