Great Balkhan mouse-like hamster
Species of rodent
| Great Balkhan mouse-like hamster | |
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Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Calomyscidae |
| Genus: | Calomyscus |
| Species: | C. mystax |
| Binomial name | |
| Calomyscus mystax Kashkarov, 1925 | |
The Great Balkhan mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus mystax) is a species of rodent in the family Calomyscidae. It is found in southwestern Turkmenistan, northern Iran and southern Azerbaijan. It was first discovered by the famed Soviet zoologist and ecologist, Daniil Nikolaevich Kashkarov (1878–1941) in 1925. It is named after the Great Balkhan mountains.
References
- ^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Calomyscus mystax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T3621A22185853. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3621A22185853.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of family Calomyscidae (Mouse-like hamsters)
- Zagros Mountains mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus bailwardi)
- Baluchi mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus baluchi)
- Goodwin's brush-tailed mouse (Calomyscus elburzensis)
- Noble mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus grandis)
- Hotson's mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus hotsoni)
- Great Balkhan mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus mystax)
- Tsolov's mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus tsolovi)
- Urar mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus urartensis)
- Behzad's mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus behzadi)
- Kerman mouse-like hamster (Calymyscus kermanensis)
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