Calomyscus grandis

Calomyscus grandis
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Calomyscidae
Genus:	Calomyscus
Species:	C. grandis
Binomial name
Calomyscus grandis Schlitter and Setzer, 1973

Calomyscus grandis or the Noble Calomyscus^[2] is a species of mouse-like hamster from Iran. It is the largest species of Calomyscus and was initially described by Schlitter and Setzer (1973) as a subspecies of Calomyscus bailwardi. The animal is found in the region near Teheran and is identifiable based on its large size (74–91 mm) and soft buffy brown dorsal pelage^[3]. Musser and Carleton (2005) recognized C. grandis as a distinct species.

Notes

1. ^ Stuart, 2008
2. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005; Stuart, 2008
3. ^ Schlitter and Setzer, 1973

References

• 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.
• Schlitter, D. A. and H. W. Setzer. 1973. New Rodents (Mammalia: Cricetidae, Muridae) from Iran and Pakistan. Proceedings of the Biological Sciety of Washington, 86:163-174.
• Stuart, S.N. (2008). Calomyscus grandis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 18 January 2010.