Urar mouse-like hamster: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Urar mouse-like hamster lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Calomyscus urartensis
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Calomyscidae

Where does the Urar mouse-like hamster live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Urar mouse-like hamster in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Urar mouse-like hamster endangered?

The Urar mouse-like hamster’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Urar mouse-like hamster?

The Urar mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus urartensis) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Calomyscidae, genus Calomyscus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Urar mouse-like hamster

The Urar mouse-like hamster or Azerbaijani mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus urartensis) is a medium-sized mouse-like hamster from Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan and northwestern Azarbaijan Province, Iran. The species is named after the ancient kingdom of Urartu centered around the Armenian Highlands. It is among the better studied representatives of this poorly known genus. The initial species description was based on a unique chromosome number (2n=32; FNa=42) called a karyotype. The species status has been confirmed with other chromosomal studies and morphometric studies. The species description by Vorontsov et al. and subsequent prompted elevation of several subspecies of Calomyscus bailwardi to species status.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Urar mouse-like hamster (revision 1339438423), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1767969 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).