Urocricetus kamensis

Satunin, 1903

Tibetan 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

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

Urocricetus kamensis

Other common names

Kam Dwarf Hamster · Kam Rat-like Hamster · Tibetan Hamster

Type material

ZIN S. 10631

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Moktschjun River, Mekong District, NE Tibet, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

moved from Cricetulus to Urocricetus; includes lama and tibetanus, which are occasionally treated as distinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Smith, A. T. & Xie, Y. (2008). A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. · 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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