Calomyscus bailwardi
O. Thomas, 1905
Zagros Mountains Brush-tailed Mouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Calomyscidae |
| Genus | : Calomyscus |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1905-12-12. Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S,, read a paper on a collection of Mammals which had been obtained by Col. A. C. Bailward during a shooting-trip through Persia and Armenia during the past summer. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24:22-23.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208104Original name as described
Calomyscus bailwardi
Other common names
Zagros Mountains Calomyscus · Zagros Mountains Mouse-like Hamster
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1905.10.4.68
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bae97b3a-b186-4736-9554-ba21f3ac9a08Type locality
"Mala-i-Mir, 70 mi. N.E. of Ahwaz, 4300' [= 1311 m]," SW Persia. Modified by G. G. Musser and M. D. Carleton in 2005 to "Mala-i-Mir (= Izeh), 120 km SE Ahwaz (= Ahaz), Zagros Mtns., Eastern Khuzistan Province, WC Iran."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Iran · Turkey?
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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