Cricetulus
Genus of rodents
Cricetulus Temporal range: Late Miocene to Recent | |
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Chinese hamster, white-spotted type | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Cricetinae |
Genus: | Cricetulus Milne-Edwards, 1867 |
Type species | |
Cricetulus griseus[1] | |
Species | |
See text. |
Cricetulus is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae (voles and hamsters); it has seven member species that inhabit arid or semi-arid regions in Eurasia.
They tend to be more ratlike in appearance than typical hamsters, hence the common name ratlike hamster. Many of the species are considered dwarf hamsters. However, members of the genera Allocricetulus, Tscherskia, and Cansumys are often called ratlike hamsters, and so are considered to be members of the genus Cricetulus by many authorities.
Species
- Cricetulus alticola — Tibetan dwarf hamster
- Cricetulus barabensis — Chinese striped hamster
- Cricetulus griseus — Chinese hamster
- Cricetulus kamensis — Kam dwarf hamster
- Cricetulus lama — Lama dwarf hamster
- Cricetulus longicaudatus — long-tailed dwarf hamster
- Cricetulus sokolovi — Sokolov's dwarf hamster
See also
- Phodopus, other dwarf hamsters
References
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Duff, A. and A. Lawson. 2004. Mammals of the World A Checklist. New Haven, Yale University Press.
- Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
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Species of hamsters (subfamily Cricetinae)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Cricetidae
- Mongolian hamster (Allocricetulus curtatus)
- Eversmann's hamster (Allocricetulus eversmanni)
- Gansu hamster (Cansumys canus)
- Tibetan dwarf hamster (Cricetulus alticola)
- Chinese striped hamster (Cricetulus barabensis)
- Chinese hamster (Cricetulus griseus)
- Kam dwarf hamster (Cricetulus kamensis)
- Lama dwarf hamster (Cricetulus lama)
- Long-tailed dwarf hamster (Cricetulus longicaudatus)
- Sokolov's dwarf hamster (Cricetulus sokolovi)
- European hamster (Cricetus cricetus)
- Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)
- Turkish hamster (Mesocricetus brandti)
- Romanian hamster (Mesocricetus newtoni)
- Ciscaucasian hamster (Mesocricetus raddei)
- Grey dwarf hamster (Nothocricetulus migratorius)
- Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
- Roborovski's hamster (Phodopus roborovskii)
- Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus)
- Greater long-tailed hamster (Tscherskia triton)