Calomyscus elburzensis Goodwin 1938

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Calomyscidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 926-930 : 928

Calomyscus elburzensis Goodwin 1938

Calomyscus elburzensis Goodwin 1938 , Am. Mus. Novit., 1050: 1.

Type Locality: NE Iran, N Khorasan Prov., Kurkhud Mtns, Dergermatie ("Degermatie" in original description), 4000 ft (1220 m).

Vernacular Names: Goodwin's Calomyscus.

Synonyms: Calomyscus firiusaensis Meyer and Malikov 2000 ; Calomyscus zykovi Meyer and Malikov 2000 .

Distribution: Mountains of N and NE Iran (from southern foothills of Elburz Mtns in Semnan Prov. near Semnan and adjacent Sang-i-sar eastward through N Khorasan Prov. in NE Iran to the Mashhad region), SW and S Turkmenistan (from Little Balkhan Mtn east through the Kopet Dag Mtns to east of the Tedzhen River), and NW Afghanistan (Herat Prov.). (Range based on identification of AMNH, FMNH, and USNM specimens and those used in the multivariate analysis by Lebedev et al., 1998:723).

Conservation: firiusaensis Meyer and Malikov, 2000 ; zykovi Meyer and Malikov, 2000 .