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.

Original 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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