Urocricetus alticola
(O. Thomas, 1917)
Ladakh Dwarf Hamster
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Cricetinae |
| Genus | : Urocricetus |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1917-06-01. On the small hamsters that have been referred to _Cricetulus phæus_ and campbelli. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)19(114):452-457.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15627550Original name as described
Cricetulus alticola
Other common names
Ladakh Hamster
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1906.10.3.13
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ab36d30a-fca7-44ab-8eac-f1f9b5bd2c4cType locality
"Shushul, 13,500' [= 4115 m]," Ladakh, Kashmir, India.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China · India · Nepal
Taxonomy notes
moved from Cricetulus to Urocricetus
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
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