Great Balkhan Mouse-like Hamster

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Great Balkhan Mouse-like Hamster
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Calomyscidae Genus: Calomyscus Species: C. mystax
Binomial name
Calomyscus mystax Kashkarov, 1925

The Great Balkhan Mouse-like Hamster (Calomyscus mystax) is a species of rodent in the Calomyscidae family. It is only found in southwestern Turkmenistan (Musser and Carleton, 2005).

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Calomyscus mystax. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
• 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.

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