Nothocricetulus migratorius

(Pallas, 1773)

Gray Dwarf Hamster

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Volume 2. Kayserlichen Academie der Wissenschaften, Saint Petersburg, 504 pp.

Authority publication link

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97334n/f708.item.r=Reise%20durch%20verschiedene%20Provinzen%20des%20Russischen%20Reichs

Original name as described

Mus migratorius

Other common names

Armenian Hamster · Gray Hamster · Migratory Hamster

Type locality

Lower Ural River, W Kazakhstan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Greece · Bulgaria · Turkey · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Syria · Lebanon · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Iraq · Iran · Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Turkmenistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · Tajikistan · Kyrgyzstan · India · China · Mongolia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Cricetulus to the recently described Nothocricetulus

Taxonomy notes citation

Lebedev, V. S., Bannikova, A. A., Neumann, K., Ushakova, M. V., Ivanova, N. V., & Surov, A. V. (2018). Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of dwarf hamsters Cricetulus Milne-Edwards, 1867 (Cricetidae, Rodentia): description of a new genus and reinstatement of another. Zootaxa, 4387(2), 331-349.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002212

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 migratorius vernula

(O. Thomas, 1917)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

vernula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.5.1.83

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c582c0a-c65d-46a3-b96a-10e90bd6a1c0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ecbedf23-743d-4838-b275-b44edda832e2

Authority page

453

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15627548

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Hypudaeus cinerascens

(J. A. Wagner, 1848)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cinerascens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 67

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

184

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13698815

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Cricetulus migratorius argyropuloi

(Gromov, 1952)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

argyropuloi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 21896

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

279

Authority publication

Baku

Cricetulus kipianii

(Gromov, 1957)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kipianii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 25199.1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta

Arvicola coerulescens

(Severtzov, 1879)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

coerulescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 11551

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Est. Antrop. i. Etnogr.

Name usages

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

Cricetulus migratorius ognevi

(Argyropulo in Vinogradov & Argyropulo, 1941)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ognevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 20523

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

171

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

Cricetulus migratorius guamensis

(Baryshnikov, 1989)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

guamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 72887

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

21

Authority publication

Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta

Cricetulus migratorius zvierezombi

(Pidoplitschka, 1928)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zvierezombi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 78702

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

421

Authority publication

Acta Musei Zoologici. Kyiv State University

Name usages

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

Cricetulus falzfeini

(Matschie, 1918)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

falzfeini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 29507, ZMB N 29508

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

299

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10294004

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Cricetulus migratorius pulcher

(Ognev, 1924)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pulcher

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-15016

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-15016

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Rostov on the Don

Name usages

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

Cricetulus phaeus neglectus

(Ognev, 1916)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Type

ZMMU S-15086

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-15086

Authority page

81

Authority publication

Записки Крымского о-ва естествоиспытателей и любителей природы

Name usages

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

Cricetulus fulvus fulvus m. pamirensis

(Ognev, 1923)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pamirensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Type

ZMMU S-2655, ZMMU S-2666

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-2655 https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-2666

Authority page

89

Authority publication

Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы

Name usages

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

Cricetus (Cricetulus) fulvus

(Blanford, 1875)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fulvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 3208, ZSI 15697

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

108

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Cricetulus atticus

(Nehring, 1902)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

atticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7931188

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Cricetus murinus

(Severtzov, 1876)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925057

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Glis arenarius

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arenarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

375

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873172

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:375, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Glis migratorius

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

migratorius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

373

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873170

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:373, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Cricetus arenarius

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arenarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

vii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:vii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Lesson (1827:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Lesson (1842:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cricetus phaeus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

phaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

vii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:vii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Lichtenstein (1823:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60405159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65818)
  4. Lesson (1827:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Cricetus Accedula

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

accedula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Cricetus acedula

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

acedula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

119

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cricetus phœus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

phoeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

119

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cricetulus migratorius

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

migratorius

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 (1982:406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Cricetulus migratorius coerulescens

(A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

coerulescens

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 migratorius fulvus

(A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fulvus

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)

Nothocricetulus migratorius

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

migratorius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002212

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5528/115073390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus arenarius

(Pallas, 1773)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arenarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

704

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Goldfuss (1809:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus migratorius

(Pallas, 1773)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

migratorius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

703

Authority page URI

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97334n/f708.item.r=Reise%20durch%20verschiedene%20Provinzen%20des%20Russischen%20Reichs

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Mus accedula

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

accedula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

86 [as 74], 257

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494914 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495085

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Goldfuss (1809:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus phaeus

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

phaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

86 [as 74], 261

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494914 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495089

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Goldfuss (1809:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cricetus uralensis

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

uralensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

vii, 52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130137

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:vii, 52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Cricetus isabellinus

(de Filippi, 1865)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

isabellinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

344

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Cricetulus tauricus

(Satunin, 1908)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tauricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

140

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Cricetulus arenarius bellicosus

(Scharleman, 1915)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bellicosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

70

Authority publication

Bull. Vredit. Selisk. Choz.

Name usages

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

Cricetulus migratorius griseiventris

(O. Thomas, 1917)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

griseiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

454

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15627549

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cricetulus migratorius (phaeus) caesius

(Kashkarov, 1923)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

caesius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

215

Authority publication

Trans. Sci. Soc. Turkestan

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)

Cricetulus migratorius (phaeus) griseus

(Kashkarov, 1923)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

215

Authority publication

Trans. Sci. Soc. Turkestan

Name usages

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

Cricetulus migratorius cinereus

(Kashkarov, 1926)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority publication

Tashkent

Name usages

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

Cricetulus migratorius phaeus sviridenkoi

(Pidoplitschka, 1928)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sviridenkoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · infrasubspecific

Authority page

424

Authority publication

Acta Musei Zoologici. Kyiv State University

Name usages

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

Cricetulus migratorius myosurus

(Argyropulo, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

myosurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

247

Authority publication

Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta

Name usages

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

Cricetulus migratorius coerulescens natio ognevi

(Argyropulo, 1933)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ognevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · infrasubspecific

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45342887

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

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

Cricetulus migratorius elisarjewi

(Afanas'yev, 1953)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

elisarjewi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

237

Authority publication

Almaty

Name usages

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

Cricetulus migratorius parvus

(Rekovets, 1985)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

parvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

73

Authority publication

book

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