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Mesocricetus newtoni

Description

Mesocricetus newtoni (Nehring, 1898). Zool. Anz., 21:329.

TYPE LOCALITY: Bulgaria, Kolarovgrad (= Schumla or Shumen).

DISTRIBUTION: E Rumania and Bulgaria.

COMMENTS: A distinct species (Corbet, 1978c; Corbet and Hill, 1991). Niethammer (1982c) summarized taxonomy, morphology, chromosomal data, distribution, paleontology, biology, and provided comparisons with other species of Mesocricetus.

Notes

Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 539, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Nehring
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Mesocricetus
Species
newtoni
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mesocricetus newtoni (Nehring, 1898) sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993

References

  • 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.
  • Niethammer, J. 1982 c. Mesocricetus newtoni (Nehring, 1898) -- Rumanischer Goldhamster. Pp. 29 - 38, in Handbuch der Saugetiere Europas (J. Niethammer and F. Krapp, eds.). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft (Wiesbaden), 2 / I: 1 - 649.