Setzer’s mouse-tailed dormouse  (Myomimus setzeri)

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Glossary

  • Genus: a category used in taxonomy, which is below ‘family’ and above ‘species’. A genus tends to contain species that have characteristics in common. The genus forms the first part of a ‘binomial’ Latin species name; the second part is the specific name.
  • Hibernate: hibernation is a winter survival strategy characteristic of some mammals in which an animal’s metabolic rate slows down and a state of deep sleep is attained. Whilst hibernating, animals survive on stored reserves of fat that they have accumulated in summer.
  • Mammae: the organs of females that contain milk-producing glands.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (June, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Nowak, R.M. (1999) Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition.The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
  3. Firouz, E. (2005) The Complete Fauna of Iran.IB Tauris, New York.
  4. Macdonald, D.W. (2006) The Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  5. Biodiversity Hotspots: Irano-Anatolian (April, 2008)
    http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/hotspots/irano_anatolian
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