Baluchi Mouse-like Hamster

Baluchi Mouse-like Hamster
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Calomyscidae
Genus:	Calomyscus
Species:	C. baluchi
Binomial name
*Calomyscus baluchi* Thomas, 1920
Synonyms
mustersi Ellerman, 1948

The Balochi Mouse-like Hamster (Calomyscus baluchi) is a species of rodent in the Calomyscidae family. It is found in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

References

^ Molur, S. & Nameer, P.O. (2008). Calomyscus baluchi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern

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.

Extant species of family Calomyscidae (Mouse-like hamsters)

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Myomorpha · Superfamily: Muroidea

Calomyscus	Zagros Mountains Mouse-like Hamster (Calomyscus bailwardi) · Baluchi Mouse-like Hamster (Calomyscus baluchi) · Calomyscus elburzensis · Calomyscus grandis · Hotson's Brush-tailed Mouse (Calomyscus hotsoni) · Great Balkhan Mouse-like Hamster (Calomyscus mystax) · Tsolov's Mouse-like Hamster (Calomyscus tsolovi) · Urar Mouse-like Hamster (Calomyscus urartensis)

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