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Cricetulus Milne-Edwards 1867

Description

Cricetulus Milne-Edwards 1867

Cricetulus Milne-Edwards 1867, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris), 7: 376.

Type Species: Cricetulus griseus Milne-Edwards 1867

Synonyms: Allocricetus Schaub 1930; Cricetinus Zdansky 1928; Moldavimus Samson and Radulesco 1973; Urocricetus Satunin 1903.

Species and subspecies: 6 species:

Species Cricetulus alticola Thomas 1917

Species Cricetulus barabensis (Pallas 1773)

Species Cricetulus kamensis Satunin 1903

Species Cricetulus longicaudatus Milne-Edwards 1867

Species Cricetulus migratorius (Pallas 1773)

Species Cricetulus sokolovi Orlov and Malygin 1988

Discussion: See comments under subfamily. Genus documented from the late Miocene of Europe and early Pliocene of Asia (McKenna and Bell, 1997).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1041, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Milne-Edwards
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Cricetulus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cricetulus Milne-Edwards, 1867 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Milne-Edwards, A. 1867. Observations sur quelques mammiferes du nord de la Chine. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie et biologie animale, 7 (5): 375 - 377.
  • Orlov, V. N., and V. M. Malygin. 1988. [A new species of hamster- - Cricetulus sokolovi sp. n. (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the People's Republic of Mongolia.] Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 67: 304 - 308 (in Russian).
  • McKenna, M. C., and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of mammals above the species level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.