Calomyscus mystax

Kashkarov, 1925

Great Balkhan 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

Trans. Turkestansk. Nauch. ob-va pri Sredniaziatsk. Univ. (Tashkent), vol. 2, 43 Kashkarov, D.N. 1925. Additions to the knowledge of rodents in Turkmenistan. Trudy Turkestan. nauchn. ob-va Sredneaz. un-ta [Trans. Turkestan Sci. Soc. of Middle Asian State Univ.] 2: 43-47 (in Russian).

Original name as described

Calomyscus mystax

Other common names

Afghan Mouse-like Hamster · Great Balkhan Calomyscus · Great Balkhan Mouse-tailed Hamster

Type locality

Bashi-Mugur, Big Balkhan Mts., SW Turkmenistan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkmenistan · Iran · Azerbaijan · Afghanistan?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002022

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Calomyscus mystax

Kashkarov, 1925

Family

Calomyscidae

Root name

mystax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

43

Authority publication

Trans. Sci. Soc. Turkestan

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3621/22185853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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