%0 Journal Article %T Biosystematic study of Calomyscus mystax (Rodentia, Calomyscidae) from northeastern Iran %J Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics %I Ferdowsi University of Mashhad %Z 1735-434X %A Akbarirad, Safie %A Darvish, Jamshid %A Aliabadian, Mansour %A Kilpatrick, C. William %D 2015 %\ 10/01/2015 %V 11 %N 1 %P 65-77 %! Biosystematic study of Calomyscus mystax (Rodentia, Calomyscidae) from northeastern Iran %K Calomyscus mystax %K Kopetdagh Mts %K northeastern Iran %R 10.22067/ijab.v11i1.46145 %X We use a combination of traditional and geometric morphometric plus phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences to confirm the presence in the Kopetdagh Mts. of northeastern Iran (North Khorasan province) of the Great Balkhan brush-tailed mouse, Calomyscus mystax Kashkarov, 1925 previously regarded as endemic to the Nibit-Dag region of southwestern Turkmenistan. We further compare C. mystax to other brush-tailed mice species in eastern and northern Iran and provide diagnostic external and craniodental characters for each and to examine the affinities with C. grandis with which C. mystax shares a similar karyotype. %U https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_27462_5b9b54223cfc681b42b5c17414a5ffba.pdf