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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/15627550

Original 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-f1f9b5bd2c4c

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002217

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 alticola

(O. Thomas, 1917)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alticola

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.10.3.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ab36d30a-fca7-44ab-8eac-f1f9b5bd2c4c

Authority page

455

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15627550

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1917:455, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15627550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19666)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Smith & Xie (2008:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Urocricetus alticola

Lebedev, A. A. Bannikova, K. Neumann, Ushakova, N. V. Ivanova, & A. V. Surov, 2018

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

343

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

  1. Lebedev, Bannikova, Neumann, Ushakova, Ivanova & Surov (2018:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34834)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5523/115072870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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