Calomyscus urartensis

Vorontsov & Kartavtseva in Vorontsov, Kartavtseva, & Potapova, 1979

Urar 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

Vorontsov, N.N., Kartavtseva, I.V. and Potapova, Ye.G. 1979. Систематика мышевидных хомячков рода Calomyscus (Cricetidae). 1. Кариологическая дифференциация видов-двойников из Закавказья и Туркмении и обзор видов рода Calomyscus. Зоологический Журнал 58(8):1213-1224.

Original name as described

Calomyscus urartensis

Other common names

Iranian Long-tailed Hamster · Persian Hamster · Urar Calomyscus · Urar Mouse-tailed Hamster · Urartsk Mouse-like Hamster

Type material

ZIN S. 72755

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

7 Km N Dzhul'ta, Alindzhachai River, Nakhichevanskaya, Azerbaijan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Azerbaijan · Iran · Turkey?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002024

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 urartensis

Vorontsov & Kartavtseva in Vorontsov, Kartavtseva, & Potapova, 1979

Family

Calomyscidae

Root name

urartensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 72755

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1218

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

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 (2006:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3623/22185965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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