Calomyscus behzadi

Akbarirad, Dezhman, M. Aliabadian, Siahsarvie, Shafaeipour, & Mirshamsi in Dezhman, Akbarirad, M. Aliabadian, Siahsarvie, Shafaeipour, & Mirshamsi, 2021

Behzad'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

Authority citation

Dezhman, M., Akbarirad, S., Aliabadian, M., Siahsarvie, R., Shafaeipour, A. and Mirshamsi, O. 2021-11-15. A new species of Calomyscus Thomas, 1905 (Calomyscidae: Rodentia) from western Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 45(7):585-593.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-2101-22

Original name as described

Calomyscus behzadi

Type material

ZMF 5383

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"IRAN: Ghalarang Mountains, 11 km to the north of Ilam, Ilam province (33.63°N, 46.53° E), 2473 m."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Dezhman, M., Akbarirad, S., Aliabadian, M., Siahsarvie, R., Shafaeipour, A., & Mirshamsi, O. (2021). A new species of Calomyscus Thomas, 1905 (Calomyscidae: Rodentia) from western Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 2021(45), 585-593.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Country distribution map

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