Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Calomyscus grandis
Calomyscus grandis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Calomyscus grandis: Comments
Comment:
Comments: The largest, darkest, and longest-tailed species of Calomyscus. Originally described as a subspecies of C. bailwardi, as recognized by Corbet (1978c) and Musser and Carleton (1993), but listed as a separate species by Pavlinov et al. (1995a). Morphometric analysis by Lebedev et al. (1998) demonstrated the great phenetic distance of C. grandis from C. mystax and C. elburzensis (S Turkmenistan and NE Iran) and C. urartensis (S Caucusus). Schlitter and Setzer (1973) enumerated some of these di...