Family CALOMYSCIDAE

(BRUSH-TAILED MICE)

• Small rodents with large ears; relatively long, tufted tails; and no cheek pouches.

• • [12-20 cm.

• Palearctic Region.

• Dry rocky mountains, hillsides, and canyons.

• 1 genus, 8 species, 11 taxa.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.