Calomyscus elburzensis

G. G. Goodwin, 1939

Goodwin's 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Goodwin, G.G. 1939-12-01. Five new rodents from the eastern Elburz Mountains and a new race of hare from Teheran. American Museum Novitates 1050:1-5.

Original name as described

Calomyscus elburzensis

Other common names

Elburz Vesper Mouse · Goodwin's Calomyscus · Goodwin's Mouse-like Hamster · Goodwin's Mouse-tailed Hamster

Type material

AMNH M-88838

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Degermatie [= Dergermatie], Kurkhud Mountains, district of Bujnurd, [North Khorasan Province,] Iran; alt. 4000 feet [= 1219 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran · Turkmenistan · Afghanistan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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