Cricetulus sokolovi

Orlov & Malygin, 1988

Sokolov's Lesser Hamster

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Location:Russia, Moscow ZooDate taken:18 June 2012

Distribution :

W and S Mongolia, C Nei Mongol of N China.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4785

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Cricetinae
Tribe: Cricetini
Genus: Cricetulus
Subgenus: Cricetulus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Orlov, V.N. and Malygin, V.M. 1988. Новый вид хомячков – Cricetulus sokolovi sp. n. (Rodentia, Cricetidae) из Монгольской Народной Республики. Зоологический Журнал 67(2):304-307.

Authority publication link

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/pdf/cr_sokolovi.pdf

Original name as described

Cricetulus sokolovi

Other common names

Sokolov's Dwarf Hamster

Type material

ZMMU S-110099

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-110099

Type locality

SW shore of Lake Orog Nuur, Bayan Hongor, W Mongolia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Mongolia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002206

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Names and synonyms

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Total: 1 name and synonym.

Cricetulus sokolovi

Orlov & Malygin, 1988

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sokolovi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-110099

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Отловлена в Баян-Хонгорском аймаке МНР, на юго-западном берегу оз. Орог-Нур, в 3 км. восточнее родника, у кошары, в 1 км от берега озера, в запослях чия.

Type locality

Mongolia.

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-110099

Authority page

305

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Smith & Xie (2008:244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Lebedev, Bannikova, Neumann, Ushakova, Ivanova & Surov (2018:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34834)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5527/115073247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2025:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69578)

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