Allocricetulus curtatus
(G. M. Allen, 1925)
Mongolian Hamster
Distribution :
Mongolian steppes north of the Altai and in adjacent China in NW Xinjiang, N Gansu, N Ningxia, Anhui, and Nei Mongol.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4777
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Cricetinae |
| Tribe | : Cricetini |
| Genus | : Allocricetulus |
Species status
Authority citation
Allen, G.M. 1925-06-23. Hamsters collected by the American Museum Asiatic Expeditions. American Museum Novitates 179:1-7.
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Original name as described
Cricetulus migratorius curtatus
Other common names
Mongolian Eversmann's Hamster
Type material
AMNH M-57873
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Iren Dabasu [= Erenhot], Mongolia, [China]."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China · Mongolia · Russia
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
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Total: 4 names and synonyms.
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