| Great Balkhan mouse-like hamster | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Calomyscidae |
| Genus: | Calomyscus |
| Species: | C. mystax
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| Binomial name | |
| Calomyscus mystax Kashkarov, 1925
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The Great Balkhan mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus mystax) is a species of rodent in the family Calomyscidae. It is found in southwestern Turkmenistan, northern Iran and southern Azerbaijan. It was first discovered by the famed Soviet zoologist and ecologist, Daniil Nikolaevich Kashkarov (1878–1941) in 1925. It is named after the Great Balkhan mountains.
- ^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Calomyscus mystax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T3621A22185853. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3621A22185853.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.