Calomyscus mystax

Kashkarov, 1925

Great Balkhan Brush-tailed Mouse

Also as Afghan Mouse-like Hamster, Great Balkhan Calomyscus, Great Balkhan Mouse-tailed Hamster.
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Location:Germany, Berlin, Tierpark BerlinDate taken:25 September 1995Description:Also as Afghan Mouse-like Hamster, Great Balkhan Calomyscus, Great Balkhan Mouse-tailed Hamster.

Distribution :

SW Turkmenistan: Ersarybaba (= Ersary Ridge) and Greater Balkan Mtns.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4765

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

Kashkarov, D.N. 1925. Материалы к познанию грызунов Туркестана. Труды Туркестанского научного общества 2:43-56.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=8He9EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43-IA3

Original name as described

Calomyscus mystax

Other common names

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

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

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

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Azerbaijan · Iran · Turkmenistan · Afghanistan?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002022

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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.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Calomyscus mystax

Kashkarov, 1925

Family

Calomyscidae

Root name

mystax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

горы Большие Балханы

Type locality

Turkmenistan.

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=8He9EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43-IA3

Authority publication

Труды Туркестанского научного общества

Name usages

Kashkarov (1925:43, https://books.google.com/books?id=8He9EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43-IA3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69097)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3621/22185853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Calomyscus bailwardi mystax:

Schlitter & Setzer, 1973

Family

Calomyscidae

Root name

mystax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560314

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Schlitter & Setzer (1973:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11644)

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