Mesocricetus newtoni

(Nehring, 1898)

Romanian Hamster

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Zool. Anz., vol. 21, 329

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9739302

Original name as described

Cricetus newtoni

Type locality

"Schumla [= Shumen] in Ostbulgarien [= eastern Bulgaria]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Bulgaria · Romania

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002210

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.

Mesocricetus newtoni

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

newtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

157

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13221/3421872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cricetus newtoni

(Nehring, 1898)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

newtoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

329

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9739302

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

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