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Calomyscus baluchi Thomas 1920

Description

Calomyscus baluchi Thomas 1920

Calomyscus baluchi Thomas 1920, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 26: 939.

Type Locality: W Pakistan, NW Balochistan, Kelat Dist.

Vernacular Names: Pakistan Calomyscus.

Synonyms: Calomyscus mustersi Ellerman 1948.

Distribution: W Pakistan west of the Indus River from N Balochistan (Kalat Dist.) in the south northward through Sibi, Quetta, Punjab, and Parachinar districts to Malakand Dist. in the northwest (Roberts, 1977; specimens in AMNH and USNM); and E and NC Afghanistan (specimens in FMNH).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Originally described as a species, later included in C. bailwardi (Corbet, 1978 c; Ellerman, 1941, 1961; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951), but reinstated as a separate species by Vorontsov et al. (1979), an allocation followed by others (Musser and Carleton, 1993; Pavlinov et al., 1995 a). Body and cranial dimensions are similar to C. bailwardi but the level of their genetic relationship has yet to be uncovered. Mitochrondrial DNA differences between C. baluchi and samples identified as C. bailwardi from SE Iran documented by Moshed and Patton (2002). See Vorontsov et al. (1979) for status of mustersi. Distribution based on Vorontsov et al. (1979) and identification of specimens in FMNH and USNM.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Calomyscidae, pp. 926-930 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 928, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Calomyscidae
Genus
Calomyscus
Species
baluchi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Calomyscus baluchi Thomas, 1920 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Ellerman, J. R. 1948. Key to the rodents of south-west Asia in the British Museum collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 118 (Part III): 765 - 816.
  • Roberts, T. J. 1977. The mammals of Pakistan. Ernest Benn Limited, London, 361 pp.
  • Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
  • Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp.
  • Ellerman, J. R. 1961. Rodentia. Volume 3, in The fauna of India including Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon. Mammalia. Second ed. Manager of Publications, Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, vol. 3 (in 2 parts), 1: 1 - 482; 2: 483 - 884.
  • Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.
  • Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp.
  • Pavlinov, I. Ya, E. L. Yakhontov, and A. K. Agadzhanyan. 1995 a. [Mammals of Eurasia. I. Rodentia. Taxonomic and geographic guide.] Archives of the Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, 32: 289 pp. (in Russian).