Zagros Mountains Brush-tailed Mouse
Calomyscus bailwardi
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The Zagros Mountains mouse-like hamster is a relatively little-known rodent which was the first species of mouse-like hamster to be described. The species is distributed throughout much of southern Iran, particularly in the Zagros mountains. It is also known as the Iranian mouse-like hamster, though there are several species of mouse-like hamster found in different parts of Iran.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Calomyscidae
- Genus
- Calomyscus