Mesocricetus Nehring 1898
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Mesocricetus Nehring 1898
Mesocricetus Nehring 1898, Zool. Anz., 21: 49.
Type Species: Cricetus nigricans Brandt 1832
Synonyms: Mediocricetus Nehring 1898; Semicricetus Nehring 1898.
Species and subspecies: 4 species:
Species Mesocricetus auratus (Waterhouse 1839)
Species Mesocricetus brandti Nehring 1898
Species Mesocricetus newtoni Nehring 1898
Species Mesocricetus raddei (Nehring 1894)
Discussion: Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) recognized one extant species with six subspecies. Morphological and karyological differences, however, led Hamer and Schutowa (1965) to recognize four genetically isolated species (auratus, brandti, newtoni, and raddei). Popular checklists have recognized either three living species (Corbet, 1978 c; Corbet and Hill, 1991) or four living and one recently extinct (Musser and Carleton, 1993; Pavlinov et al., 1995 a). Pieper (1984) described M. rathgeberi based on Holocene fossils from the Greek island of Armathia (off coast of Kasos Isl between Kriti and Rodhos). Known from the late Pliocene of Asia and late Pleistocene of Europe (Kowalski, 2001; McKenna and Bell, 1997).
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/05F3D1847A4743C70A50558FE6B48509 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/D865913F3505D7665386663D967CDF03 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231522286 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Nehring
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Mesocricetus
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Mesocricetus Nehring, 1898 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Waterhouse, G. R. 1839. Observations on the Rodentia with a view to point out groups as indicated by the structure of the crania in this order of mammals. Magazine of Natural History, ser. 2, 3: 90 - 96.
- Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.
- Hamer, M., and M. Schutowa. 1965. Neue daten uber die geographische veranderlichkeit und die entwicklung der gattung Mesocricetus Nehring 1898 (Glires, Mammalia). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 31: 237 - 251.
- Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
- Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp.
- Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp.
- Pavlinov, I. Ya, E. L. Yakhontov, and A. K. Agadzhanyan. 1995 a. [Mammals of Eurasia. I. Rodentia. Taxonomic and geographic guide.] Archives of the Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, 32: 289 pp. (in Russian).
- Pieper, H. 1984. Eine neue Mesocricetus-Art (Mammalia: Cricetidae) von der griechischen Insel Armathia. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, ser. B, 107: 1 - 9.
- Kowalski, K. 2001. Pleistocene rodents of Europe. Folia Quaternaria, 72: 3 - 389.
- McKenna, M. C., and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of mammals above the species level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.