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
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/8666892Original 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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