What is Mouse-like hamsters?
{{Taxobox | name = Mouse-like Hamsters | fossil_range = Late [[Miocene]] - Recent | image = Calo10.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''Calomyscus'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Rodent]]ia | superfamilia = [[Muroidea]] | familia = '''Calomyscidae''' | familia_authority = Vorontsov & Potapova, 1979 | genus = '''''Calomyscus''''' | genus_authority = [[Oldfield Thomas|Thomas]], 1905 <!--- | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = ''[[Calomyscus bailwardi]]''<br> ''[[Calomyscus baluchi]]''<BR> ''[[Calomyscus elburzensis]]''<BR> ''[[Calomyscus grandis]]''<BR> ''[[Calomyscus hotsoni]]''<BR> ''[[Calomyscus mystax]]''<BR> ''[[Calomyscus tsolovi]]''<BR> ''[[Calomyscus urartensis]]'' --> }} [[Image:Calo03.jpg|thumb|200px|right]] [[Image:Calo13.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Mouse-like hamster using its tail for balance while standing on a branch (a feat difficult for hamsters).]] '''Mouse-like hamsters''' are a group of small [[rodent]]s found in [[Syria]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[Pakistan]]. They are found in rocky and slightly high areas in desert regions. The mouse-like hamsters are not real [[hamster]]s, although they look like hamsters. They were once thought to be [[hamster]]s based on the shape of their teeth, but they do not have the cheek pouches, and short tail of the true [[hamster]]s. All animals in this [[genus]] were part of the same [[species]] before, ''[[Calomyscus bailwardi]]'', but they are now separate [[species]] because they have big differences in [[chromosome]] number, [[skull]] length and weight, and other differences. In [[Europe]], species of ''Calomyscus'' can be kept as a [[pet]]. They are called ''Calomyscus bailwardi mystax'' or ''Calomyscus bailwardi''. Only special people sell them, not pet shops. And so only people who really like mice will buy them. Mouse-like hamsters live the longest of all the mouse species. They have been recorded as living 9 years, 3 months and 1