Noble mouse-like hamster

Noble mouse-like hamster
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Calomyscidae
Genus: Calomyscus
Species:
C. grandis
Binomial name
Calomyscus grandis
Schlitter and Setzer, 1973

The noble mouse-like hamster or the noble calomyscus,[1][2] (Calomyscus grandis) is a species of mouse-like hamster from Iran. It is the largest species of Calomyscus and was initially described as a subspecies of Calomyscus bailwardi.[3] The animal is found in the region near Tehran and is identifiable based on its large size (74–91 mm) and soft, buffy, brown dorsal pelage.[3] The American Society of Mammalogists as well as Musser and Carleton[2] recognize C. grandis as a distinct species.

References

  1. ^ a b Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Calomyscus grandis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136252A115205157. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136252A22185552.en. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  3. ^ a b Schlitter, D. A. and H. W. Setzer. 1973. New Rodents (Mammalia: Cricetidae, Muridae) from Iran and Pakistan. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 86:163-174.


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