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/8666889

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002214

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 bedfordiae

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bedfordiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31939291

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Phodopus praedilectus

Mori, 1930

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

praedilectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

418

Authority publication

Annotationes Zoologicae Japonicae

Name usages

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

Cricetulus roborovskii

(Satunin, 1903)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

roborovskii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 5829

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

571

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8666889

Authority publication

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

Phodopus przhewalskii

Vorontsov & E. P. Kryukova, 1969

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

przhewalskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 74899

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

102

Authority publication

Novosibirsk

Phodopus roborovskii

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

roborovskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17036/115139633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phodopus roborovskii praedilectus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

praedilectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

281

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Phodopus roborovskii przewalskii

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

przewalskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

281

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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