Phodopus roborovskii
(Satunin, 1903)
Roborovski's Desert Hamster
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
Superfamily | : Muroidea |
Family | : Cricetidae |
Subfamily | : Cricetinae |
Genus | : Phodopus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Satunin, K.A. 1903. Neue Nagetiere aus Centralasien. Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 7:547-589.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8666889Original name as described
Cricetulus roborovskii
Other common names
Roborowski's Hamster
Type material
ZIN S. 5829
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
Upper part of Shargol'dzhin River, Nan Shan, Qinghai, China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Kazakhstan · Russia · Mongolia · China
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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