Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentiaa
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Calomyscidae
Genus: Calomyscus
Species (12):C. bailwardi - C. baluchi – C. behzadi – C. darvishi – C. elburzensis - C. grandis - C. hotsoni – C. kermanensis – C. kiabii – C. mystax - C. tsolovi - C. urartensis
Name
Calomyscus Thomas, 1905: 23
Type species: Calomyscus bailwardi Thomas, 1905, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Thomas, O. 1905. [no title] Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24: 22–23. BHL
Additional references
Dezhman, M., Akbarirad, S., Aliabadian, M., Siahsarvie, R., Shafaeipour, A. & Mirshamsi, O. 2021. A new species of Calomyscus Thomas, 1905 (Calomyscidae: Rodentia) from western Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 45(7): 585–593. DOI: 10.3906/zoo-2101-22 Open access Reference page.
Dezhman, M., Akbarirad, S., Aliabadian, M., Siahsarvie, R., Shafaeipour, A. & Mirshamsi, O. 2023. A new species of brush-tailed mice of the genus Calomyscus from southern Iran (Calomyscidae: Rodentia). Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 19(1): 71–101. DOI: 10.22067/ijab.2023.79456.1045 Open access Reference page.
Rezazadeh, E., Zali, H., Ahmadzadeh, F., Siahsarvie, R., Kilpatrick, C.W., Norris, R.W. & Aliabadian, M. 2024. Two new species of brush-tailed mouse, genus Calomyscus (Rodentia: Calomyscidae), from the Iranian Plateau. Journal of Mammalogy 105(3): 589–608. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyad116 Paywall Reference page.
Mouse-like hamsters, also called brush-tailed mice, are a group of small rodents found in Syria, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. They are found in rocky outcrops and semi-mountainous areas in desert regions.
The mouse-like hamsters are not true hamsters, but represent an early split from the rest of the mouse-like rodents. They were once thought to be hamsters based on the shape of their molars, but they lack the cheek pouches, flank glands and short tails of the true hamsters. The closest relatives of the mouse-like hamsters may be the extinct Cricetodontidae. Because of their seemingly early break from the rest of the mouse-like rodents, mouse-like hamsters have been placed in a family of their own, Calomyscidae, and have been referred to as living fossils.
All members of the genus were once considered part of the same species, Calomyscus bailwardi, but they are now considered separate species due to major differences in chromosome number, skull measurements, and other features.[1]
In Europe, a species of Calomyscus is available as a pet. They are labelled Calomyscus bailwardi mystax or Calomyscus bailwardi. They are generally only available from dedicated breeders, not pet shops.
Species
Family Calomyscidae
Genus Calomyscus
Zagros Mountains mouse-like hamster, C. bailwardi
Baluchi mouse-like hamster, C. baluchi
Behzad's mouse-like hamster, C. behzadi
Goodwin's mouse-like hamster, C. elburzensis
Zykov's mouse-like hamster, C. e. zykovi
Noble mouse-like hamster, C. grandis
Hotson's mouse-like hamster, C. hotsoni
Kerman mouse-like hamster, C. kermanensis
Great Balkhan mouse-like hamster, C. mystax
Tsolov's mouse-like hamster, C. tsolovi
Urar mouse-like hamster, C. urartensis
References
Steppan, S. J., R. A. Adkins, and J. Anderson. 2004. Phylogeny and divergence date estimates of rapid radiations in muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear genes. Systematic Biology, 53:533-553.
Jansa, S. A. and M. Weksler. 2004. Phylogeny of muroid rodents: relationships within and among major lineages as determined by IRBP gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 31:256-276.
Michaux, J., A. Reyes, and F. Catzeflis. 2001. Evolutionary history of the most speciose mammals: molecular phylogeny of muroid rodents. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 17:280-293.
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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