Tscherskia triton

(de Winton, 1899)

Greater Long-tailed Hamster

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

de Winton, W.E. 1899-10. On Chinese mammals, principally from western Sechuen. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899(3):572-578.

Original name as described

Cricetus (Cricetulus) triton

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.3.1.14

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"N. Shantung, [China]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Russia · North Korea · South Korea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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