Cricetulus longicaudatus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1871)

Long-tailed Dwarf Hamster

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1871. [Livraisons 6-9]. Pp. 129–208 in Milne-Edwards, A. 1868-1872. Études pour servir à l'histoire de la Faune mammalogique de la Chine. Pp. 67–230 in Milne-Edwards, H. and Milne-Edwards, A. 1868-1874. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des mammifères. Tome premier – Texte. G. Masson, Paris, 394 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524212

Original name as described

Cricetus (Cricetulus) longicaudatus

Type locality

near Saratsi, N Shanxi, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan · Russia · Mongolia · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002205

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cricetulus longicaudatus

A. David, 1871

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. David (1871:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62819)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Smith & Xie (2008:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  9. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Lebedev, Bannikova, Neumann, Ushakova, Ivanova & Surov (2018:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34834)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5526/115073116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cricetus (Cricetulus) longicaudatus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1871)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524212

Authority publication

Paris

Cricetus chinensis

(O. Thomas, 1888)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

134 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31825591

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Cricetulus dichrootis

Satunin, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dichrootis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 5827

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

567

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8666885

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cricetulus phaeus griseiventris

Satunin, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

griseiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 10630

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

566

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8666884

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cricetulus andersoni

O. Thomas, 1908

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

andersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.7.71

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c5ebe52d-71b0-400a-8b83-657f73a0c712

Authority page

642

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31938836

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1911:173, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cricetulus andersoni nigrescens

G. M. Allen, 1925

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-56307

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-56307

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cricetulus kozhantschikovi

Vinogradov, 1927

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kozhantschikovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 16909

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

36

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cricetulus longicaudatus chiumalaiensis

Wang Song & Zheng Changlin, 1973

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chiumalaiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NPIB 630452

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

65, 68

Authority publication

Acta Zoologica Sinica

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Cricetulus longicaudatus longicaudatus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

244

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Cricetulus longicaudatus kozhantschikovi

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kozhantschikovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

284

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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