Great Balkhan mouse-like hamster
| Great Balkhan mouse-like hamster | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Calomyscidae |
| Genus: | Calomyscus |
| Species: | C. mystax
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| Binomial name | |
| Calomyscus mystax Kashkarov, 1925
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The Great Balkhan mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus mystax) is a species of rodent in the family Calomyscidae. It is found in southwestern Turkmenistan, northern Iran and southern Azerbaijan. It was first discovered by the famed Soviet Zoologist and Ecologist, Daniil Nikolaevich Kashkarov (1878–1941) in 1925.
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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