Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Cricetus Leske 1779

Description

Cricetus Leske, 1779. Anfansgr. Naturg., 1:168.

REVIEWED BY: M. Andera (MA); O. L. Rossolimo (OLR); S. Wang (SW).

COMMENT: Kuznetsov, 1965, in Bobrinskii et al., 1965, Key to the Mammals of the U.S. S.R., Moscow, included Mesocricetus in this genus, but Corbet, 1978:90, 92, considered Mesocricetus a distinct genus; he stated that these taxa are in need of revision. Subfamily Cricetinae; see comment under Cricetidae.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008011000000.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 407, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031

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Biodiversity

Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Cricetus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Leske
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cricetus Leske, 1779 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Kuznetsov, B. A. 1965. Ordo Rodentia. Pp. 236 - 346, in Opredelitel' mlekopitayushchikh SSSR [Guide to the mammals of the USSR] (Bobrinskii, N. A., Kuznetsov, B. A. and A. P. Kuzyakin, eds.). Second edition. Proveshchenie, Moscow, 382 pp. (in Russian).
  • Bobrinskii, N. A., B. A. Kuznetsov, and A. P. Kuzyakin. 1965. Opredelitl' mlekopitayushchikh SSSR [Guide to the mammals of the U. S. S. R.] Second ed. Proveshchenie, Moscow, 382 pp. (in Russian).